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Vanessa L. Jackson
Ms. Jackson is a partner in Davis Polk's Corporate Department in New York, practicing in the Finance Group. Her practice focuses primarily on the representation of financial institutions and corporate borrowers in a broad range of corporate finance transactions, including leveraged and investment-grade acquisition financings, asset-based credit facilities, debt restructurings, spinoffs, working capital financings, debtor-in-possession financings, exit financings, and other secured and unsecured financings. |
Work Highlights
- $38 billion investment grade public company bridge financing
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$9.5 billion senior unsecured bridge loan facility for Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. to finance its acquisition of Worldpay, Inc.
- $3.81 billion revolving credit facility and term extension for DXC Technology Company
- $3.8 billion 364-day revolving credit facility and $1.2 billion five-year revolving credit facility for Eli Lilly and Company
- $2.7 billion revolving credit facility for General Mills, Inc.
- $2.5 billion bridge financing in connection with Xerox Corporation’s combination with Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, a joint venture of Xerox and FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
- $2.04 billion first lien credit facilities and $720 million unsecured bridge financing for Energizer Holdings, Inc. in connection with Energizer’s acquisition of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.’s global battery, lighting and portable power business
- $2.0 billion senior unsecured term loan credit facility for Everett SpinCo, Inc. in connection with the tax-free spinoff and merger of Everett with Computer Sciences Corporation
- $2 billion senior unsecured term loan credit facility for Everett SpinCo, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in connection with the
- $275 million debtor-in-possession term loan credit facility for Arch Coal, Inc. and its subsequent $326.5 million exit term loan credit facility
Of Note
- Author, “An Expert’s View” column in “What’s Market: 2020 Mid-Year Trends in Large Cap and Middle Market Loans,” Practical Law (August 2020)
Professional History
- Partner, 2019-present
- Associate, 2012-2019