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William A. Starshak

Principal

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D: 312.201.3926
william.starshak@goldbergkohn.com

Experience

  • Represented U.S. and Canadian administrative agents in connection with the provision of a $435 million asset-based credit facility provided in connection with a material acquisition in North America.  Negotiated split lien intercreditor agreement with senior secured noteholders. 
  • Represented administrative agent on a $550 million asset-based credit facility. Negotiated split lien intercreditor agreement with term loan agent.  
  • Represented U.S. and Canadian administrative agents with the provision of a $450 million asset-based facility.  
  • Represented administrative agent in connection with global going private transaction, which included the perfection of collateral in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom. 
  • Represented administrative agent on an asset based credit facility in the United States and four Caribbean jurisdictions. 
  • Represented U.S. and European administrative agents on a $180 million asset-based credit facility with borrowers in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom. 
  • Represented U.S. and Canadian administrative agents in the provision of cash flow credit facility, which included the perfection of collateral in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Ireland and Israel. 
  • Represented lender in connection with the provision of a $106 million credit facility to a tier one private equity fund. 
  • Represented first out lender in connection with its position in a unitranche credit facility during a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. 
  • Advised U.S. and European clients on complex cross-border asset-based lending structures in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. 

Credentials

Education

  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 1999

    – cum laude

  • University of Virginia, B.A., 1994

    – Foreign Affairs and History; minor in Economics, with high distinction

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • New York

Professional Activities

  • Meritas, Board of Directors Member (2013-2016); Global Strategy Committee Member (2010-2011) 
  • University of Virginia Benefactors Society, Board Member 
  • U.S. Soccer Development Council of the United States Soccer Federation, Founding Member 
  • Chicago-Hamburg Sister Cities Committee, Member
  • The University of Chicago Law School, Lecturer in Law

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