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Josh Zelig

Partner, Finance

joshuazelig@paulhastings.com

New York

Phone: +1-212-318-6491
Fax: +1-212-752-3391

Overview

Joshua M. Zelig is a partner in the Global Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.

Joshua’s practice is primarily focused on representing leading investment banks and private credit funds in leveraged finance and asset-based lending transactions, including bank financings and leveraged buyouts, bridge lending and loan commitments, and high yield debt offerings. He represented the financing sources in numerous acquisition-related financings, including the acquisitions of Service Express and PantherRX by Warburg Pincus, acquisitions of Reliance Worldwide, Scientific Games’ Lottery Business and DexKo by Brookfield Capital, Rosen Group by Partners Group, GFL’s Environmental Services Business by BC Partners, and Apollo and Stonepeak’s port terminal joint venture with CMA CGM.

Accolades

  • Banking & Finance: New York, Chambers USA
  • Banking & Finance: USA, Chambers Global
  • Next Generation Partner, Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, Legal 500 US
  • Recommended for Commercial Lending, Legal 500 US
  • Notable Practitioner, Banking and Capital Markets Debt and Equity, IFLR1000 US
  • 40 Under 40, Secured Finance Network

Education

  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 2006
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (cum laude), 2003

Representations

  • The financing sources for General Catalyst-backed Long Lake Management on its $6.3 billion acquisition of American Express Global Business Travel. 
  • The financing sources for Warburg Pincus’ acquisition of Panther X Rare. 
  • The financing sources on Stonepeak’s $2.4 billion investment in a joint venture with CMA CGM. 
  • The initial purchasers in LandBridge’s $500 million senior notes offering.
  • The financing sources for Gibraltar's $1.3 billion acquisition of OmniMax. 
  • The financing sources for Warburg Pincus’ C$1.9 billion take-private of ECN Capital. 
  • The initial purchasers in WaterBridge’s $1.425 billion senior notes offering. 
  • The initial purchasers on the $500 million aggregate senior secured notes offering by Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE: LUCK), and the lead arrangers on $2.125 billion of debt financing. 
  • The financing sources for Warburg Pincus and its portfolio company, Service Express, in a majority investment in Park Place Technologies, a global provider of data center services. 
  • The financing sources for Centerbridge’s $2 billion acquisition of MeridianLink.  
  • The financing sources in TowerBrook Capital Partners’ strategic investment in Berkeley Research Group (BRG). 
  • The financing sources for Altas Partners' equity investment in Redwood Services, a national platform in the essential home services sector. 
  • The financing sources in KPS Capital Partners’ carve-out acquisition of INEOS Composites, creating a new stand-alone company under KPS' ownership called Alta Performance Materials. 
  • The financing sources of Stone Point Capital’s strategic partnership with Keller Williams, one of the world’s largest real estate franchises. 
  • The financing sources on Apollo and BC Partners’ acquisition of the Environmental Services business of GFL Environmental, a Canadian waste management company, valued at CA$8 billion.  
  • The financing sources on Lone Star’s $3 billion acquisition of Carrier Global Corporation’s Commercial and Residential Fire business to form Kidde Global Solutions, a world leader in fire & life safety solutions.
  • The financing sources in $1.175 billion of debt financings, consisting of a $600 million notes offering and $575 million term loan facility, to finance S&S Activewear’s acquisition of alphabroder.
  • The lenders on $1.2 billion of financing in connection with Veritas Capital’s $2.45 billion acquisition of NCR Voyix Corporation’s (NYSE: VYX) cloud-based digital banking business.
  • The private credit lenders on the $3.8 billion financing for Carlyle’s acquisition of Vantive, Baxter International’s kidney-care unit.
  • The financing sources in Bain Capital's $4.5 billion take-private acquisition of Envestnet, a leading wealth management technology company.
  • The financing sources in connection with Partners Group’s acquisition of The Rosen Group. 
  • The lender in connection with refinancing the existing debt facilities of HornetSecurity, and its recent acquisition of Vade Group
  • The lead arrangers on the $5.6 billion financing for the investment by KKR in healthcare data analytics firm Cotiviti, joining existing investor Veritas Capital.
  • The Bank of Montreal and other arrangers in connection with financing the $515 million investment by Warburg Pincus in Everise, joining existing investor Brookfield.
  • The financing sources in nearly $50 billion of new debt financing that backed the landmark acquisition of EMC Corporation by Dell Inc., in a transaction valued at approximately $67 billion.
  • The financing sources in $5.25 billion of debt financing for the acquisition of CoreLogic by funds affiliated with the private equity firm Stone Point Capital.
  • The financing sources in approximately $3.8 billion of debt financing for the acquisition of Scientific Games Corporation’s Lottery Business by Brookfield Capital Partners.
  • The initial purchasers in connection with a COVID-era high-yield financing for AMC Entertainment and representation of the dealer manager in connection with a subsequent debt-for-debt exchange.

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Practice Areas

Global Finance

High Yield Financing

Leveraged & Syndicated Lending

Direct Lending & Private Credit Lending


Languages

English


Admissions

New York Bar


Education

Brooklyn Law School, J.D. 2006

University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 2003