Nicole Fanjul, Co-Deputy Office Managing Partner for the New York office, represents lenders and corporate borrowers in a variety of complex financings, with a particular focus on syndicated leveraged finance and direct lending transactions.

Drawing on her sophisticated understanding of the debt financing market, Nicole develops creative solutions for clients using a range of loan products. She serves as a go-to advisor to a number of large, multinational investment banks and direct lenders, as well as corporate borrowers from across industries.

Nicole’s practice includes:

  • Recurring revenue facilities
  • Investment-grade financings
  • Liability management transactions
  • Large-cap syndicated loans
  • Unitranche loans
  • Leveraged acquisition financings
  • Private placements
  • Cross-border financings
  • Asset-based loans

Nicole currently serves as the firm’s Co-Deputy Office Managing Partner for the New York office. She has also previously served as the Local Leader of the New York office’s Black Lawyers Affinity Group, and as a member of the WEB Committee and the Associates Committee.

In addition to her commercial work, Nicole frequently advises on immigration-related pro bono matters.

Nicole’s experience includes advising:

Direct Lending Transactions

  • Blackstone in connection with a term loan and revolving credit facility for Healthcomp Intermediate, LLC's acquisition of Virgin Pulse, Inc. a digital health, wellbeing, and engagement company
  • Blackstone in connection with US$500 million term loans and a US$125 million revolving credit facility for Themis Solutions, the world's leading provider of cloud-based legal practice management, client intake, and legal CRM software
  • Benefit Street Partners in connection with US$450 million in term loans and a revolving credit facility for Adelaide Borrower, a provider of energy market simulation software which allows users to optimize decision-making across both new asset development and existing operations, and model and understand the increasingly complex energy transition landscape in a single unified platform, in connection with the acquisition financing of Energy Exemplar
  • Blackstone in connection with US$4.25 billion in term loans and a US$350 million revolving credit facility for Zendesk, Inc., a software development company that provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) products related to customer support, sales, and other customer communications
  • Blackstone in connection with a US$210 million term loan and US$25 million revolving credit facility for the acquisition of Capital Consultants Management Corporation by Charlesbank
  • Benefit Street Partners in connection with a US$250 million term loan and US$40 million revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition financing of Miratech Holdings, Inc. to refinance existing debt

Syndicated Lending Transactions

  • JPMorgan Securities in connection with €2.8 billion in multicurrency term loan and revolving credit facilities in connection with Sycamore Partner's acquisition of The Boots Group business line, a British health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain that operates in the United Kingdom
  • Citigroup in connection with a US$390 million revolving credit facility and US$1 billion term loan facility for NRG Energy, a leading North American energy and home services company
  • JPMorgan Securities in connection with US$1.8 billion in term loans for Aramark Services, Inc., a provider of food, facilities, and uniform services to businesses globally including hospitals, universities, school districts, and stadiums
  • JPMorgan in connection with a US$125 million revolving credit facility for Strava, Inc., a provider of internet based exercise tracking software
  • JPMorgan on US$38.3 billion term loan facilities in connection with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited’s acquisition of Shire plc, an Ireland-based biopharmaceutical company
  • Regions Bank in connection with a US$150 million term loan facility for El Paso Electric Company, a public utility company in Texas
  • Jefferies Finance in connection with US$1.55 billion in term loan facilities, concurrent with a US$600 million bond offering, for Truck Hero, a truck bed cover company

Other Borrower-Side Transactions

  • Skims Body in connection with a US$360 million term loan and US$50 million revolving credit facility
  • Watts Water Technologies, a manufacturer of plumbing products, on the refinancing of their US$500 million revolving credit facility

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School, 2009
  • BA, Duke University, 2006
Fanjul, Nicole D.
November 1, 2024 Recognition

Notable Black Leader: Latham's Nicole Fanjul

New York Office Co-Deputy Office Managing Partner honored by Crain’s New York Business for her exceptional professional achievements, leadership, and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, and community service engagement.