Next Generation Partners – Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
Legal 500 US 2025
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Bloomberg Law 2023
Named to the Notable Women in Law list
Crain’s New York Business 2022
Rising Star
Law360 2022
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Private Debt Investor 2022
Rising Star
New York Law Journal 2021
Women Worth Watching honoree
Profiles in Diversity Journal 2019
Profile
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.
Experience
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
Two wins and seven finalist honors in the NYLJ’s annual awards program — including for Large Law Firm of the Year — reflect the firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory prowess, innovative office and practice leadership, and clear market leadership in New York.
Nicole Fanjul, Alex Kelly, and Katherine Rocco selected for outstanding leadership, commitment to community, and impactful contributions to the legal profession.
Nicole Fanjul recognized by Crain’s New York Business for her exceptional professional achievements, leadership, and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, and community service engagement.
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