White & Case Advises Credit Suisse on $450 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility

New York, January 17, 2012 ... Global law firm White & Case LLP advised Credit Suisse, as sole lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with the Lord & Taylor Holdings LLC $450 million senior secured credit facility. Proceeds from the term loans were used to partially refinance outstanding commercial mortgage-backed securities and to pay related fees and expenses. Lord & Taylor is owned by NRDC Equity Partners LLC.

The White & Case transaction team was led by partner Scott Zemser (Bank Finance, New York). Other White & Case lawyers advising on the transaction were partners Abe Zylberberg (Financial Restructuring and Insolvency, New York), Ray Simon (Tax, New York) and Sang Ji (Tax, New York); of counsel Paul Milmed; (Environmental, New York); counsel Amy Delsack (Bank Finance, New York) and associates Judah Frogel (Bank Finance, New York), Julia Rubin (Bank Finance, New York), Daniela Krinshpun (Bank Finance, New York), David Medlar (Banking, New York), Sylvie Goursaud (Bank Finance, New York), Cory Nikolaus (Bank Finance, Los Angeles) and Nkiruka Amalu (Bank Finance, New York.)

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