Sony Ben-Moshe

sony.ben-moshe@lw.com

+1.858.523.3925

Profile

Sony Ben-Moshe is Co-Chair of the firm's Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure Industry Group, former Co-Chair of the Latin America Practice, and a member of the Finance Department of the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Ben-Moshe has significant experience representing clients in financings, acquisitions, and formation of joint ventures in the United States and abroad, including in Latin America. His experience includes:

The structuring, documentation, and negotiation of financing arrangements for leveraged and secured financing transactions, including LBOs
Representation of issuers and underwriters in connection with 144A offerings and private placements of debt instruments
Representation of various parties in connection with the formation of joint ventures
Development and financing of greenfield construction projects

Mr. Ben-Moshe has been recognized as a leading lawyer in:

Chambers USA for his work in Gaming & Hospitality

The Legal 500 Latin America for his work in Banking and Finance
The Legal 500 USA for his work in Real Estate and in Latin America
IFLR100 Energy and Infrastructure: Latin America
San Diego Daily Transcript as a Top Attorney for Real Estate & Construction
California Law Business previously named him one of the Top 20 California lawyers under age 40

Experience

Mr. Ben-Moshe's experience includes the representations of issuers and underwriters in connection with:

US$5.5 billion in senior secured financing in connection with the spin-off of MGM Growth Properties from MGM Resorts International
US$540 million in senior secured facilities for US Ecology, Inc.
US$2.4 billion in senior secured financing for Red Rock Resorts
US$400 million senior secured credit facilities for Omnicell, Inc., in connection with its acquisition of Aesynt Holdings
Over US$5 billion in corporate credit facilities for Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries
Sempra Energy in connection with various acquisitions of renewable energy projects
US$550 million acquisition financing provided to Otter Products, LLC in its acquisition of LifeProof
Over US$4 billion in senior secured credit facilities and senior unsecured notes for Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. and Penn National Gaming, Inc., in connection with the Opco-Propco separation of these companies
Various note offerings for Hudson Pacific Properties in excess of US$500 million
Senior secured credit facilities and note offerings for Store Capital Corporation
American Assets Trust in connection with its corporate credit facilities
US$433 million in senior secured facilities for the Cowlitz Development Authority
US$885 million in senior secured facilities and US$300 million in senior unsecured notes for Pinnacle Entertainment
US$850 million construction financing and $450 million in senior secured refinancing credit facilities for the Graton Economic Development Authority
Sempra Energy in connection with the development of a wind farm in Baja California, Mexico
US$1.3 billion senior secured facilities provided to Bally Technologies, Inc.
Sempra Energy in connection with the development and construction of liquefied natural projects in the United States and Mexico
Major oil and gas companies in connection with various crude oil projects in Latin America
US$500 million senior secured credit facility and unsecured notes offering for Seneca Gaming Corporation
US$1.5 billion senior secured financing and unsecured notes for Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
US$1.05 billion senior secured financing for Jack Entertainment
Over US$3 billion in senior secured facilities and notes for Wynn Las Vegas and Wynn Macau
US$450 million in senior secured facilities for Greenwood Racing, Inc.