Jack Orford
Advises on digital infrastructure, strategic transactions, leveraged loans, asset-based and structured financings, and IG debt. A 2024 Law360 “Rising Star.”
Jack advises on a wide range of strategic, financing, and capital market transactions, including digital infrastructure and compute financing matters, leveraged buyouts, high-yield debt, bridge financings, investment-grade debt, private debt, asset-based lending and securitization and restructurings.
Jack has advised corporate clients including Albertson’s, Anthropic, Clarivate, Emera, Ferrero, IREN, Mirion, Novo Nordisk, Rent the Runway and Shyft. Jack’s asset management clients include 26North, BDT & MSD Partners, Brookfield, Cornell Capital, Elliott Management, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, TPG and Warburg Pincus, and many of their individual portfolio companies.
Experience
- Anthropic in relation to:
- Strategic compute initiatives, including hardware acquisition and financing
- Its long-term compute infrastructure partnership with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity
- Its strategic partnership with AMD for the deployment of AMD’s AI accelerators
- Data center leasing, site control and development transactions to support large-scale AI infrastructure
- Its multi-billion senior secured revolving credit facility
- BDT & MSD Partners on various financing transactions, including for its portfolio companies Balcan Plastics, Culligan, MJH Life Sciences, Waterlogic and Weber
- Brookfield on financings in excess of $15 billion in connection with the acquisition of Clarios and subsequent corporate financings
- Clarivate on financings in excess of $7.5 billion in connection with its acquisitions of ProQuest and Decision Resources Group, and its $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global and certain other refinancings
- Cornell Capital on various financing transactions in excess of $3.0 billion, including for its portfolio companies Advancing Eyecare, Advantek, HC Staffing, Ingenovis Health, Longevity, PureStar, Spectrum Automotive and Springboard Healthcare
- Elliott Management on the financing aspects of its €1.2 billion sale of AC Milan to RedBird Capital Partners and on its acquisition of a majority interest in American Greetings
- Ferrero on the financing for its $3.1 billion acquisition of WK Kellogg
- Josh Harris on the financing for the acquisition of the Washington Commanders and the Washington Commanders on various financing transactions
- Semtech Corporation on $1.815 billion in credit facilities and convertible notes in connection with the acquisition of Sierra Wireless
- SMBC Aviation Capital on its acquisition, alongside Sumitomo Corporation, Apollo and Brookfield Asset Management, of Air Lease Corporation for $7.4 billion
- Sycamore Partners on certain financing aspects of its $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
- TPG, Inc. on the financing aspects of its $2.7 billion acquisition of Angelo Gordon and $1.5 billion in corporate financings
- TPG Capital on a wide range of financing transactions, including for its investments in AvidXchange, Centrify and Thycotic, Convey Health Solutions, Creative Planning, Elite, Forcepoint G2CI, GMR, Health Balance, Lotte Rental and Sabre HS
Recognition
Law360 – “Rising Star: Private Equity,” 2024
Education
Clerkships
Prior experience
- Lawyer, Ashurst (Australia), 2015-2017
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York