Adam S. Coto Associate

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Adam is an associate in the Debt Finance group of the firm’s Charlotte office who represents financial institutions and borrowers in a variety of corporate lending transactions, specializing in structuring and documenting syndicated and bilateral credit facilities for clients in the investment grade and sports sectors.

Adam has worked on documenting, structuring, and negotiating unsecured and secured financings, including working capital facilities, acquisition financings, spin-off credit facilities, debt for equity exchanges and foreign currency and cross-border transactions for clients that include national banking institutions, alternative lenders, regional banking institutions, and borrowers. Adam also has experience broadly across the syndicated loan market and its sectors, assisting on financings for professional sports franchises, manufacturing companies, technology companies, consumer and retail stores, and food and beverage providers.

Experience

Indicative Deals

  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $840 million construction loan for an NFL stadium.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lender on a $75 million loan made available for the construction of an NFL training facility.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lender on multiple credit facilities made available to NFL “controlling owners”.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lender on a $40 million 364-day loan made available to an MLB franchise.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lender on a $185 million credit facility made available to an MLB franchise.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lender on a $400 million credit facility made available to an NHL franchise.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lender on a $100 million credit facility made available to an NBA franchise.
  • Counsel to a national bank and their investment banking division, as exchange bank and exchange bank designee (respectively) on an approximately £240 million multicurrency debt for equity exchange.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $1.1 billion multicurrency credit facility to a multinational manufacturing company.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as sole lender on a ¥142.5 billion credit facility to a global conglomerate holding company.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $4 billion multicurrency credit facility to a multinational engineering company.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $5 billion multicurrency credit facility to a global conglomerate and a corresponding $1.5 billion multicurrency credit facility to a spin-off division.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $2 billion multicurrency facility to a retail company.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $1.1 billion loan to a global restaurant group.
  • Counsel to a national bank, as agent and lead arranger on a $325 million underwritten acquisition financing to a regional distributing company.
  • Counsel to an alternative lender on a $75 million loan to global consulting firm.
  • Counsel to borrower and private equity firm on a multi-tiered debt and structured equity transaction for a large pet care business.