Meir Lax is an associate in the Strategic Capital and Restructuring Department. He advises credit investors, equity sponsors and borrowers in a wide range of liability management transactions, distressed credit situations and private credit financings.
Experience
- An ad hoc group of DIP lenders and term loan lenders in the $1.1 billion new money debtor-in-possession financing and chapter 11 cases of First Brands Group LLC, a global automotive aftermarket parts supplier.
- An ad hoc group of term loan lenders to Medical Solutions in a comprehensive financing and exchange transaction.
- An ad hoc group of term loan lenders to Foundever Group on a comprehensive liability management transaction and recapitalization.
- Oregon Tool in connection with a $150 million new money financing and a $1.3 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
- Petmate in a new money drop-down financing and out-of-court restructuring of over $800 million of liabilities.
- An ad hoc group of lenders to Rodan + Fields in a $75 million new money financing and uptier transaction involving $550 million of secured debt.
- Canyon Partners in a recapitalization transaction for Sensience Inc., a sensing technologies company, including a new money first out financing and exchange of first lien and second lien debt for a new multitranche first lien facility.
- TCW Asset Management in a private credit refinancing for Florida Marine Transporters.
- Angelo Gordon in a private credit leveraged recapitalization facility to Priority Waste.
- Diameter Capital Partners in a private credit financing to Servpro.
- Ares Capital Management in a $250 million financing to FORTNA Group.
- Apollo Global Management in a $1 billion secured notes financing to Norwegian Cruise Lines.
- Abacus Life in a $150 million private credit financing.
- HPS in a $385 million private credit facility to Ribbon Communications.
*Meir advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2022 Excelsior College, B.S. (summa cum laude), 2019