Max Fin advises clients on complex financing transactions.

Max combines a hands-on approach and commercial perspective to guide public and private company borrowers and private equity sponsors on:

  • 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 distills complex covenant packages into detail-oriented advice, whether during pre-closing negotiations or as part of ongoing borrower compliance.

A recognized leader at Latham, Max previously served on the firm’s Technology Committee and Pro Bono Committee.

Max's representative matters include advising:

Public Companies

  • Sable Offshore Corp., an upstream oil and gas company, as borrower, on its US$675 million senior secured term loan credit facility and US$500 million reserve-based lending facility
  • 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

  • Iron Oak Energy Solutions, an oilfield services company, on the acquisition financing for Signal Peak Silica
  • 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

  • Apollo Funds on the acquisition financing for a majority stake in Noble Environmental
  • Haveli on acquisition financings, including for its take-private of Couchbase and its majority investment in Sirion
  • 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

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • JD, University of Chicago Law School, 2017
    with honors
  • BA in Economics & Political Science, University of Florida, 2014
    cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Russian