Ben-Moshe, Sony

Sony Ben-Moshe

Partner

sony.ben-moshe@lw.com
    Ben-Moshe, Sony

    Sony Ben-Moshe

    Partner

    sony.ben-moshe@lw.com
    Mr. Ben-Moshe is “highly recommended by clients who say ‘he offers commercial, sound solutions, and he's very good at the real estate part of the work’.”

    Chambers USA 2012

    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.

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1994
      Order of the Coif
    • BBA, University of San Diego, 1990
      summa cum laude

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Hebrew
    • Spanish

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

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