Biography
Amy Bagdasarian is an associate in White & Case's Debt Finance practice, based in Silicon Valley. Her practice focuses on intellectual property with a concentration in secured financing transactions.
Amy represents leading commercial and investment banks, alternative capital providers, other financial institutions, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities and leveraged acquisition financings across a broad range of industries including IT/software, healthcare, pharmaceutical/chemical, consumer products, professional services, manufacturing, and education. Amy's past experience focused on intellectual property litigation and included representing foreign and domestic companies in disputes over patents, as well as in matters involving a variety of business torts including breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition.
Experience
Representation of Ares Capital in connection with a senior secured financing to finance the majority acquisition of TopGolf by Leonard Green & Partners from Callaway Brands at an approximately US$1.1 billion valuation.
Representation of Goldman Sachs in connection with a US$2.855 billion senior secured financing for Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, a portfolio company of Altas Partners and Leonard Green & Partners.
Representation of Deutsche Bank Private Credit & Infrastructure in connection with a US$300 million senior DIP facility and a subsequent US$370 million senior secured exit financing for Hornblower in connection with its Chapter 11 filing.
Representation of Citibank (and the other lead banks, including JPMorgan and RBC) in connection with multi-billion dollar financings for Vistra Corp and its subsidiaries. Vistra is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Representation of JPMorgan Chase in connection with a a US$2.23 billion senior secured financing for Veeam Software, a portfolio company of Insight Partners.
Representation of JPMorgan Chase in connection with a US$1.725 billion senior secured financing for RSA Security, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group and STG Partners.
Representation of JetBlue Airways Corporation and JetBlue Loyalty, LP in connection with their issuance of US$2 billion aggregate principal amount of 9.875% senior secured notes due 2031 and the simultaneous closing of a US$765 million senior secured term loan.
Representation of CVC Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on various financing matters, including:
- various financings for ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc., including in connection with its exit financing to finance its pre-packaged Chapter 11 case; and
- various financings for Anchor Glass Container Corporation, including in connection with its comprehensive recapitalization including a new term loan facility and an amendment to the Company's existing ABL facility, whereas as part of the recapitalization, the company's first and second-lien holders became the majority owners of the business.
Representation of Oatly, Sweden's leading dairy free lifestyle brand, in connection with its US$430 million financing arrangement, consisting of a private placement of US$300 million convertible PIK notes, $130 million term loan B credit facility and SEK2.1 billion amended sustainability-linked revolving credit facility.
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., et. al. v. CSIRO. Representation of Marvell in a patent infringement case relating to wireless semiconductor products.
ATEN International Co., Ltd. v. Belkin and ATEN International Co., Ltd. v. Emine. Representation of ATEN in patent infringement cases relating to KVM switches.
Oplink Communications, Inc. v. O-Net Communications (Shenzhen) Ltd. Representation of Oplink in a patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract case relating to optical telecommunications networks.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) v. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC). Representation of TSMC in a trade secret misappropriation action in Superior Court of California.
The State Bar of California Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services
Protecting Your Virtual Storefront, April 23, 2009: Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, (Guest Speaker)
Patent Infringement Damages: Federal Circuit Spotlights 'Reliability' of Litigation Licenses, IT, Internet & Outsourcing Bulletin, November 2010, Co-author (with Julieta L. Lerner)
Business Method Patents: Supreme Court's Decision in Bilski Effectively Returns to the Status Quo Ante the Federal Circuit's Decision, IT, Internet and Outsourcing Bulletin, July 2010, Co-author (with Warren Heit, Kevin X. McGann and David M. Tennant)
The Practitioner's Guide to Biometrics, 2007, Co-Editor and Contributing Author