Sandra J. Vrejan

Fluent in French and Spanish, Sandra was previously a partner in the banking and leveraged finance group of another international law firm.

Honoring her community service, President Bill Clinton cited her for pro bono work in political asylum cases.

Front-End Representations:

• Counsel to the underwriter in a $250 million senior secured note offering in a sovereign debt transaction for the construction of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Ukraine.
• Counsel to an administrative agent and co-lead arranger in connection with the $180 million acquisition finance of a national Southwestern casual dining restaurant company.
• Counsel to a leading national financial institution as syndicate agent and arranger in various financings to the largest franchisee of various national restaurant groups, including through the acquisition financing of a public franchisee of restaurant chains.
• Counsel to an administrative agent and joint-lead arranger in connection with a $400 million loan to a leading casual dining restaurant companies.
• Counsel to a leading lending institution as co-collateral agent and lender in a $4.1 billion secured financing to one of the nation's leading broadline retailers.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in a cross-border $135 million financing to a jewelry retailer.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in a $75 million financing to an HVAC component manufacturer including an EXIM Bank guaranty component recognized as EXIM Bank's largest transaction at the time.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in $83 million financing for the private acquisition of a national restaurant chain.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in $85 million financing for the private acquisition of an East Coast–based restaurant chain.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in $70 million financing to an auto parts manufacturer.
• Counsel to a leading financial services company in connection with a $38 million acquisition financing provided to an information management software company, for the acquisition an ediscovery solutions provider.
• Counsel to a specialty technology and life sciences industry finance company in numerous financing arrangements and the related workout of loans to high tech and bio tech companies.
• Counsel to a global financial services firm in various loans to hedge fund managers.
• Counsel to a global financial services provider in a loan to an investment manager.
• Counsel to a leading national financial institution as syndicate agent and lender in a $750 million financing to a solid waste services company.
• Counsel to a leading national financial institution as syndicate agent and lender to a U.S.-based nonhazardous waste collection, transportation, and disposal company in a cross-border transaction with a nonhazardous solid waste management company in Canada, valued at $1.1 billion CDN.

Restructurings:

• Counsel to the debtor in the out of court restructuring of a downstream solar company.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as syndicate agent and lender in the bankruptcy and $125 million debtor in possession financing of a regional independent department store chain.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as syndicate agent and lender in the $175 million exit financing of a privately held family apparel retailer.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as syndicate agent and lender in the bankruptcy and $175 million debtor in possession financing of a privately held family apparel retailer.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as syndicate agent and lender in a $200 million financing to a mall-based specialty toy retailer and in the workout and bankruptcy of a mall-based specialty toy retailer.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as syndicate agent and lender in the workout, cross-border bankruptcy and cross-border $115 million debtor in possession financing of a home furnishings retailer.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as co-collateral agent and lender in a $250 million debtor in possession financing to a regional department store and in financing arrangements provided to Section 363 purchaser of all or substantially all of the assets of the department store.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution and a provider of senior secured loans as co-documentation agent, joint lead arranger and Steering Committee member in the $1.6 billion debtor in possession financing and contemplated exit arrangements of a global supplier for the automotive, computing, communications, energy, and consumer accessories markets.
• Counsel to a leading lending institution as co-collateral agent and lender in a $150 million cross-border debtor-in-possession financing to a premium retailer of outdoor equipment in a cross-border multiple currency financing arrangement provided to Section 363 purchaser of all, or substantially all of, the assets of the retailer.
• Counsel to the retail finance division of a leading lending institution as syndicate agent and lender in the workout, bankruptcy, and $60 million debtor-in-possession financing of a specialty consumer electronics retailer.
• Counsel to a syndicate agent and lender in the $145 million financing and workout and bankruptcy of a furniture retailer.
• Counsel to a wholesale commercial bank as syndicate agent and lender in private workout and restructuring of a $90 million facility to a high-tech applications company.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in the workout, bankruptcy, and $100 million debtor-in-possession financing of a specialty department store.
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lender in the workout, bankruptcy, and $155 million financing of an electronics component manufacturer. 
• Counsel to syndicate agent and lenders in the workout, bankruptcy, and $50 million debtor-in-possession financing of a telecommunications services reseller.