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, IMM Investment, TPG, Warburg Pincus, White Oak and many of their individual portfolio companies, as well as corporate clients including Amneal Pharmaceuticals, ATSG, Chase Corporation, Clarivate, Clipboard Health, Emera, InMobi, Mirion Technologies, Rentokil Initial, Semtech and Shyft Group.
Experience
- 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, on a $750 million extended revolving credit facility and on a $1 billion incremental acquisition financing
- 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 $2.5 billion, including for its portfolio companies 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
- Josh Harris on the financing for the acquisition of the Washington Commanders and the Washington Commanders on various financing transactions
- 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, Creative Planning, Elite, Forcepoint G2CI and Health Balance
News
Recognition
Law360 – “Rising Star: Private Equity,” 2024
Education
Clerkships
Prior experience
- Lawyer, Ashurst (Australia), 2015-2017
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York