Cindy Caillavet Sinclair is a partner in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins.

Cindy advises public company and private corporate borrowers, private equity firms, and commercial and investment banks in a variety of transactions in both the investment-grade and leveraged finance markets, including:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Large cap and middle market cash flow and asset-based lending facilities
  • Investment grade credit facilities
  • Reserve-based lending facilities
  • Debtor-in-possession facilities and exit facilities

Cindy advises clients across a broad range of industries, including energy and infrastructure, technology, industrials, communications, hospitality, REITs, retail, and fashion. Cindy is a former member of the firm’s WEB Committee.

Cindy’s experience includes advising:

Borrowers and Private Equity Sponsors

  • Amphenol Corporation in connection with its credit facilities
  • Arch Resources, Inc. in connection with its credit facilities
  • Bass Pro Group in connection with its credit facilities, including its ABL and term loan financing of its acquisition of Cabela’s Incorporated
  • BDT Capital in a variety of financing matters
  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation in connection with its corporate credit facility
  • InvenTrust Properties Corp. in connection with its corporate credit facilities
  • Lulu’s Fashion Lounge in connection with its credit facilities
  • MEG Energy Corp. in connection with its credit facilities
  • Stoneridge, Inc. in connection with its credit facilities
  • Summit Hotel Properties in connection with its credit facilities
  • SunCoke Energy in connection with its credit facilities
  • The Cooper Companies, Inc. in connection with its credit facilities
  • UL Inc. in connection with its credit facilities
  • Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. in connection with its corporate credit facilities

Lenders

  • Barclays Bank PLC and DNB Bank ASA in connection with the credit facilities for Petroleum Geo-Services ASA 
  • Goldman Sachs in its exit financing of Peabody Energy
  • Deutsche Bank in its cross-border financing of GCP Applied Technologies 
  • Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Deutsche Bank Securities in connection with the exit financing for W.R. Grace & Co. 
  • Goldman Sachs in its cross-border financing of W.R. Grace & Co. 
  • Goldman Sachs in its term loan and ABL financing of Murray Energy 
  • A major bank in connection with financing the merger of Inergy Midstream, L.P. and Crestwood Midstream Partners, LP 
  • A major bank in connection with financing the spinoff of CST Brands from Valero Energy

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois
  • New York

Education

  • JD, Northwestern University School of Law, 2005
  • BA, Northwestern University, 2001