Jesse Sheff represents banks, private credit providers, and corporate borrowers on a full spectrum of finance transactions.

Jesse draws on more than two decades of experience overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars in deal value to advise clients on:

  • Acquisition financings in the private credit, broadly syndicated, and investment-grade loan markets
  • Fund finance, including:
    • NAV facilities
    • Back-leverage facilities
    • Hybrid facilities
    • Subscription line facilities
    • Asset-based financings
  • Data center and infrastructure financings
  • Synthetic risk transfers
  • Private credit / bank partnerships

A recognized leader at the firm, Jesse serves on Latham’s Training & Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee. 

Jesse’s representative clients include:

Private Credit

  • AllianceBernstein
  • Apollo (including Apollo Sports Capital)
  • Atlas
  • BCI
  • BlackRock
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Guggenheim

Commercial and Investment Banks

  • Barclays
  • BMO
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Jefferies
  • UBS

Representative Transactions

Jesse’s recent transactions include advising:

  • Goldman Sachs and others in a US$1.5 billion syndicated financing for Petco
  • Apollo and others on the US$4 billion private credit financing for Leaf Home’s acquisition of Erie Home
  • Apollo in a US$645 million financing for PDC Brands, a CVC portfolio company
  • Apollo on financing for the EQT Infrastructure portfolio company, Heritage Environmental’s acquisition of EBV
  • Apollo on financing of EQT’s acquisition of Eagle Railcar Services from JM Texas Companies
  • Apollo on private credit financing for Onex’s acquisition of Integrated Specialty Coverages from KKR
  • Citibank on Herbalife’s US$1.6 billion senior secured refinancing
  • Financing sources on GTCR’s completed acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay from FIS
  • Financing sources on Osaic’s US$13.5 billion acquisition of CW Advisors
  • Goldman Sachs and others on Citadel Securities Global Holdings LLC’s senior secured notes offerings totaling US$1.2 billion
  • Goldman Sachs on refinancing for United Pacific
  • GSAM and Apollo on financing for Quorum Software
  • GSAM and Apollo on private credit financing for Blackstone’s acquisition of Enverus
  • GSAM and Bain on TrueLink’s acquisition of Kyocera Industrial Tools
  • GSAM and others on refinancing for Aquiline Portfolio Company Planet DDS
  • GSAM and UBS on financing for Walgreens Boots Alliance’s US$23.7 billion acquisition by Sycamore Partners
  • GSAM on financing for Blackstone Energy Transition Partners’ acquisition of Trystar
  • GSAM on financing for Blackstone Energy Transition Partners’ majority investment in Westwood Professional Services
  • GSAM on financing for Dayforce’s US$12.3 billion agreement with Thoma Bravo to become a private company
  • GSAM on financing for Proofpoint’s completed acquisition of Hornetsecurity
  • GSAM on financing for Providence Equity Partners’ strategic controlling investment in GCL
  • GSAM on financing for TPG Rise Climate’s acquisition of Miratech
  • Haveli Investments in its US$1.5 billion acquisition of Couchbase
  • Jefferies and others on a more than US$2 billion credit facility for the nation’s largest dental support organization
  • Jefferies and others on financing for Xerox’s completed US$1.5 billion acquisition of Lexmark
  • Jefferies on Acuren’s US$1.7 billion credit facilities to support, in part, Acuren’s acquisition of NV5 Global
  • Jefferies on financing for Admiral Acquisition Limited’s US$1.85 billion acquisition of Acuren
  • Jefferies on Icahn Enterprises L.P.’s US$500 million senior secured notes offering
  • Jefferies on More than US$1 billion financing for Ryan Tax
  • Jefferies on Saks Global’s private offering of US$2.2 billion of senior secured notes to help support Saks Global’s completed acquisition of Neiman Marcus Group for a total enterprise value of US$2.7 billion
  • Jefferies on Thrive Pet Healthcare’s more than US$350 million financing
  • Jefferies on US$435 million debt financing for Crisis Prevention Institute
  • Jefferies on Xerox Corporation’s US$100 million tack-on senior secured notes offering
  • Jefferies on Xerox Corporation’s US$800 million senior secured notes offering
  • Private credit funds in US$350 million financing for SGA Dental Partners, a Thurston Group portfolio company
  • Private credit lenders in US$340 million senior secured credit facility for JF Petroleum Group
  • UBS and others on financing for GTCR’s completed US$2.7 billion acquisition of AssetMark
  • UBS in strategic partnership with General Atlantic to focus on private credit opportunities
  • UBS for Stonepeak’s acquisition of majority controlling interest in Castrol from BP
  • UBS in strategic partnership with General Atlantic to focus on private credit opportunities
  • UBS on financing for Cosette Pharmaceuticals
  • UBS on financing for Patient Square Capital’s completed US$4.1 billion acquisition of Patterson Companies
  • UBS on Osaic Holdings, Inc.’s senior secured and senior unsecured notes tack-on offerings, totaling US$825 million
  • UBS on Paradigm Parent, LLC and Paradigm Parent Co-Issuer, Inc.’s US$500 million senior secured first lien notes offering
  • UBS on US$750 million refinancing for Gen II
  • UBS, Goldman Sachs, and others on Osaic’s US$4 billion credit facilities

In addition, Jesse has represented:

  • Jefferies on:
    • US$1 billion+ financing for a veterinary services company
    • US$1 billion+ financing for a technology/services company
    • US$500 million+ financing for a technology/software company
    • US$800 million+ financing for a pharmaceuticals and drug company
  • Goldman Sachs on:
    • US$1 billion+ financing for a consumer retail company
    • US$500 million+ financing for a business services company
  • UBS on:
    • US$2 billion+ financing for a consumer products company
    • US$1 billion+ financing for a financial services company
    • US$1 billion+ financing for a healthcare company
    • US$200 million+ financing for a leisure and gaming company
    • US$300 million+ financing for an industrial goods company
    • US$300 million+ financing for a communications/media company
    • US$400 million+ financing for a communications/internet company
    • US$500 million+ financing for a financial services company

Corporate Borrowers

  • Several, including a leisure and gaming company on a US$3 billion+ financing

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School
    cum laude
  • BA, Brandeis University
    summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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