Max Fin
Associate
Houston
max.fin@lw.com
+1.713.546.5400
PRACTICES
- Asset-Based Lending
- Banking & Private Credit
- Private Equity Finance
INDUSTRIES
- Energy & Infrastructure
EDUCATION
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2017
With Honors - BA in Economics & Political Science, University of Florida, 2014
cum laude
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
- Russian
PROFILE
Max Fin is an associate in the firm’s Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices.
Max represents public and private company borrowers and private equity sponsors on a broad range of financing transactions, including:
- Syndicated first- and second-lien credit facilities
- Direct lender/private credit financings
- Asset- and reserve-based loans, cash flow loans and recurring revenue loans
- Acquisition financings
- Cross-border financings
- Investment- and non-investment grade facilities
- Debt restructurings and liability management transactions
Max takes a hands-on approach, distilling complex covenant packages into detail-oriented advice, whether during pre-closing negotiations or as part of ongoing borrower compliance.
A recognized leader at the firm, Max serves on Latham’s Technology Committee and previously served on the Pro Bono Committee.
EXPERIENCE
Max's representative matters include advising:
Public Companies
- Waste Connections, Inc., a full-service solid waste collection provider, as borrower, on its US$3.0 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility, predecessor facilities and its stand-alone letter of credit facility
- Guidewire Software, Inc., a software company, as borrower, on its US$300 million senior secured revolving credit facility
Private Companies
- Eco Material Technologies Inc., a private equity backed green cement company, as borrower, on its US$800 million senior secured split-collateral syndicated term loan credit facility and its US$75 million senior secured split-collateral asset-based lending facility
- EPIC Crude Services, LP, a private equity backed crude oil services company, on its US$1.2 billion senior secured syndicated term loan credit facility and its US$125 million super priority revolving credit facility
- EPIC Y-Grade Services, LP, a private equity backed NGL services company, on its US$1.075 billion senior secured syndicated term loan credit facility and its US$70 million super priority revolving credit facility
- 2U, LLC (formerly 2U, Inc.), a global leader in online education, on its debtor-in-possession financing and on its first and second lien exit credit facilities
- Enduring Resources IV, LLC, a private equity backed oil and gas company, as borrower, on its US$1.0 billion reserve-based lending facility
Private Equity Sponsors and Investment Firms
- Pickering Energy Partners on subscription lines of credit and other financing matters
- Formentera Partners on reserve-based acquisition financings and refinancings
- The Carlyle Group on acquisition financings and refinancings, including for CFGI, Hilb and Arctic Glacier
- Odyssey Investment Partners on financing matters for ProPharma Group and The Planet Group
- Onex on the acquisition financing for Accredited International Insurance Group
- PAI Partners on refinancing transactions for Naked Juice and Tropicana
- KKR on a refinancing for a portfolio company