Jeff Najjar represents banks, private credit providers, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and corporate borrowers in complex financings.

Jeff regularly advises clients spanning multiple industries,  including technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, real estate, and retail, on:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Asset-based financings
  • Working capital financings
  • Investment-grade financings
  • Unitranche loans
  • Corporate REIT credit facilities
  • Cross-border financings
  • Private placements
  • Restructurings and liability management transactions

Jeff has significant experience in direct lending and broadly syndicated transactions.

Jeff’s experience at and prior to joining Latham includes advising:

Lenders

  • KeyBank on Welltower’s US$6.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility
  • JPMorgan on Ladder Capital’s US$1.525 billion senior unsecured credit facilities
  • Morgan Stanley on Figma’s US$500 million senior secured revolving credit facility
  • Goldman Sachs on Qualcomm’s US$13.6 billion bridge and term loan financing for its proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
  • Goldman Sachs and Bank of America on United Natural Foods’ US$4.05 billion term loan and asset-based revolving credit facilities for its acquisition of Supervalu
  • The joint lead arrangers on H.B. Fuller’s US$2.15 billion first lien term loan facility for its acquisition of Royal Adhesives & Sealants
  • JPMorgan on United States Steel’s US$1.5 billion asset-based revolving credit facility
  • An ad hoc group of lenders on Revlon’s US$815 million BrandCo term loan financing and related exchange

Private Credit

  • Antares Capital in credit facilities for various private equity borrowers
  • Ares in credit facilities for various private equity borrowers
  • Carlyle Global Credit in credit facilities for various private equity borrowers

REITs

  • Realty Income on the financing aspects of its more than US$6 billion hyperscale data center joint venture with Cloud Capital
  • Digital Realty on multiple senior unsecured financings, including its US$4.5 billion multi-currency credit facilities and its €750 million and US$740 million term loan facilities
  • Rexford Industrial Realty on its US$1.95 billion senior unsecured credit facilities
  • Kilroy Realty on its US$1.5 billion senior unsecured credit facilities
  • Four Corners Property Trust on multiple senior unsecured financings, including its US$1.15 billion revolving credit and term loan facilities and its US$200 million delayed draw term loan facility
  • Digital Core REIT on its US$716 million cross-border credit facilities
  • SmartStop Self Storage REIT on the recast of its US$500 million multi-currency revolving credit facility and its US$150 million private placement of senior notes
  • Hudson Pacific Properties on its US$1 billion senior unsecured multi-currency revolving credit facility
  • Healthcare Realty Trust on its US$400 million delayed draw term loan facility
  • IQHQ on multiple credit facilities

Bar Qualification

  • California
  • New York

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2017
  • BA, Occidental College, 2013

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