Jack Orford
Advises sponsors, borrowers and lenders on a wide variety of financing transactions, with a focus on leveraged loans and high-yield debt. A 2024 Law360 “Rising Star.”
Jack has extensive experience advising borrowers and lenders on a wide range of finance and capital markets transactions, including complex cross-border leveraged buyouts, high-yield debt securities, bridge financings, investment-grade debt, private debt, asset-based lending and securitization, and restructuring transactions. Jack has advised 26North, BDT & MSD Partners, Bridgepoint, Brookfield, Cornell Capital, Elliott Management, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, TPG and many of their individual portfolio companies, as well as corporate clients including Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Chase Corporation, Clarivate, Mirion Technologies, Rentokil Initial and Semtech.
Experience highlights
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals on its $2.35 billion term loan extension, effected through a combination of cashless exchange, debt repurchase and refinancing
- Asplundh on a $2.75 billion financing in connection with a dividend recapitalization and on a $750 million extended 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 the Power Solutions business of Johnson Controls (now 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 $1.5 billion, including for its portfolio companies Advantek, HC Staffing, Ingenovis Health, Spectrum Automotive and Springboard Healthcare
- Elliott Management on the financing aspects of its €1.2 billion sale of AC Milan to RedBird Capital Partners
- Josh Harris on the financing for the acquisition of the Washington Commanders
- Mirion Technologies on a $920 million financing in connection with its 2021 de-SPAC transaction
- Rentokil Initial on certain financing aspects of its $6.7 billion acquisition of Terminix Global Holdings
- Semtech Corporation on $1.815 billion in credit facilities and convertible notes in connection with the acquisition of Sierra Wireless
- Signify Health on the $535 million refinancing of its first-lien term loan and revolving credit facility
- Symphony Technology Group on $1.46 billion in financings for the acquisition of RSA
- 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 various financing transactions, including for its investments in Centrify and Thycotic, Convey Health Solutions, Elite, Forcepoint G2CI and Health Balance
News
Credentials
Recognition
Law360 – “Rising Star: Private Equity,” 2024
Education
Clerkships
Professional history
- Davis Polk since 2017
- Lawyer, Ashurst (Australia), 2015-2017
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York