Overview

Freddie David is a private equity finance, private credit and leveraged finance attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office. Mr. David represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, private credit funds and other lenders in debt financing transactions across the investment life cycle.

Mr. David's practice is informed by deep experience on both sides of the financing table, including large-cap and middle-market-sponsor finance, lender-side private credit and direct lending transactions. Clients rely on him for counsel as financing needs arise during an investment, including:

  • structuring and origination
  • acquisition financings and add-on facilities
  • refinancings and dividend recaps
  • repricings, covenant resets and other amendments
  • amend-and-extends, liability management exercises and out-of-court restructurings

Mr. David advises clients on credit document vulnerabilities, covenant flexibility, collateral leakage risks, intercreditor issues, agreement-among-lenders dynamics and liability management risks.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. David represented sponsors, portfolio companies, private credit funds and other direct lenders, banks and ad hoc lender groups in financing, capital markets and restructuring matters at other leading international law firms.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Atlas Holdings, as sponsor, in connection with acquisition financing transactions in the power generation industry
  • Represented Aurora Capital Partners, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented CVC Capital Partners, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Investcorp International, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented L Catterton, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Liberty Hall Capital Partners, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across the aviation and defense industries
  • Represented Lone Star Funds, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented MidOcean Partners, as sponsor, and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous financing transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Paceline Equity Partners, as sponsor, in connection with acquisition financing transactions

  • Represented Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries, including a first-of-its-kind portability amendment permitting the acquisition of Guidehouse LLP by Bain Capital
  • Represented Bain Capital, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Eldridge Corporate Funding LLC, as lender and arranger, in connection with a direct lending transaction in the manufacturing industry
  • Represented Fiera Comox, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Fifth Third Bank, as lender and arranger, in connection with direct lending transactions in the entertainment industry, including a $1.25 billion senior secured library credit facility to subsidiaries of Lionsgate Films
  • Represented Fortress Credit, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Golub Capital Markets, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions for power generating facilities and across multiple other industries, including a $1.35 billion secured term loan facility to FTAI Infrastructure Inc. to refinance an existing bridge loan
  • Represented KKR Credit Advisors (US), as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented Macquarie Bank, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented New Mountain Capital, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries
  • Represented UBS O'Connor, as lender, in connection with direct lending transactions across multiple industries

  • Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of Cricket Valley Energy Center in connection with a refinancing transaction
  • Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of Electronics for Imaging Inc. in connection with an amend-and-extend transaction
  • Represented Macquarie Bank in connection with the Chapter 11 case of Heritage Power LLC
  • Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of P&L Development Inc. in connection with an exchange offer and private financing
  • Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of SelectQuote Inc. in connection with an amend-and-extend transaction
  • Lead banking associate representing an ad hoc group of term loan lenders in connection with the restructuring of Technicolor SA
  • Represented a term lender in connection with the out-of-court restructuring for Travelport Holdings Limited
  • Represented an ad hoc group of term loan lenders in connection with the Chapter 11 case of WorldStrides

Credentials

Education
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
Memberships
  • Town of Sanbornton Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), 2024-Present
  • Century Road Club Association, Board of Directors, 2016-2017
Honors & Awards
  • The America Lawyer, Best Client-Law Firm Team of the Year, 2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Energy Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2021, 2022

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