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MoFo Represents Beach Point Capital Management and Bardin Hill Investment Partners in Private Placement by the Scenic Group 

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Morrison & Foerster represented global investment managers Beach Point Capital Management and Bardin Hill Investment Partners in connection with the private placement by Columbus Finance B.V., a finance subsidiary of the Scenic Group, of €55 million senior secured notes due 2024. Scenic Group is a leading, privately-owned luxury river tour, land tour, and ocean cruise operator.

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Morrison & Foerster represented global investment managers Beach Point Capital Management and Bardin Hill Investment Partners in connection with the private placement by Columbus Finance B.V., a finance subsidiary of the Scenic Group, of €55 million senior secured notes due 2024. Scenic Group is a leading, privately-owned luxury river tour, land tour, and ocean cruise operator.The MoFo deal team was led by London Finance partners Matthew Dunlap and Christopher Kandel, and London Finance associates Rebecca DeLong, Amber Pledge, and Clara Hutchison, with support from Finance partner Geoffrey Peck, Finance associate John Tawadrous, Tax partner Tony Carbone, and Tax associate Philip Jaworskyj (all New York).

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Geoff has extensive experience in representing investment banks, private debt funds, hedge funds, business development companies, asset managers, specialty finance companies, borrowers, and issuers in large-cap, middle-market, and mezzanine financings and restructurings.Geoff works with clients on domestic and international financing matters, particularly cross-border transactions, including:<ul><li>Acquisition financings</li><li>Asset-based financings</li><li>Bridge financings</li><li>First/second liens financings</li><li>Hybrid debt/equity financings</li><li>Preferred equity financings</li><li>Private placements</li><li>Project and infrastructure financings</li><li>Trade financings</li><li>Subordinated financings</li><li>Subscription-backed financings</li><li>Unitranche financings</li><li>Warehouse financings</li></ul>Geoff also regularly represents creditor committees, ad-hoc committees, creditors, and debtors in connection with insolvency matters, including complex workouts and restructurings, DIP financings, exit financings, secondary trading of debt and equity, and analysis of special situations trading opportunities.Clients regularly retain Geoff to develop new products and form documents.Geoff maintains an active pro bono practice and is the president of the board of trustees of GAIA, a non-profit organization providing health services in sub-Saharan Africa. He is also an active speaker and regularly writes on finance trends and issues.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Geoff worked at a global investment bank, where he provided legal advice and transaction management services to the bank’s proprietary and special situations investment groups, which included par and distressed trading groups.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Represented Alter Domus (f/k/a Cortland Capital Market Services) as loan agent related to the refinancing and amendment and extension of certain loan facilities of borrower Moran Foods, LLC (also known as Save A Lot). The refinancing includes a new $200 million asset-based lending credit facility and an extended maturity with respect to approximately $377 million of existing first and second lien loans.</li><li>Represented ResCap in its $1.45 billion DIP financing, a hybrid leveraged loan and securitization. International Financing Review named the transaction a 2013 restructuring of the year.</li><li>Represented the lead arranger and commercial lenders in $847 million of financings extended to Ecopetrol, the Colombian petroleum company. The loans were guaranteed by an export credit agency. Trade Finance magazine recognized the transaction as a 2013 deal of the year.</li><li>Represented Cerro de Aguila in its $595 million financing of a 525 MW hydroelectric power plant in Peru. Project Finance magazine recognized the transaction as a 2013 Latin American power deal of the year.</li><li>Represented the lead arrangers in connection with a $3.250 billion syndicated loan financing extended to finance the corporate reorganization of a global real estate company.</li><li>Represented the lead arrangers in connection with $785 million of trade financings extended to a Brazilian exporter.</li><li>Represented the lead arrangers in connection with a $357.5 million first/second lien bankruptcy exit financing extended to Rotech Healthcare.</li><li>Represented the lead arrangers in connection with a $160 million mezzanine financing extended to a Caribbean and Latin American telecommunications and media company.</li><li>Represented the lead arranger in connection with a $150 million subscription-backed financing extended to a global infrastructure fund.</li><li>Represented a business development company in connection with a $125 million syndicated debt capital raise.</li><li>Represented the administrative agent and lender in connection with a $116 million first/second lien financing extended to a chain of residential behavioral and addiction health treatment centers.</li><li>Represented the lead arrangers in connection with $24 million and £24 million of unitranche acquisition financings extended to affiliated U.S. and UK technologies companies.</li><li>Represented an infrastructure private equity fund in financing the acquisition of a 97 MW wind farm located in the Pacific Northwest.</li><li>Represented the lead arrangers in connection with an out-of-court restructuring of loans extended to a large chain of Mexican retail stores.</li><li>Represented Circuit of the Americas in connection with a syndicated loan and mezzanine financing used to construct a motor sports and multi-purpose entertainment venue in Austin, Texas, which hosts, among other events, the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix.</li></ul>

Geoffrey R. Peck

Partner

John Tawadrous is of counsel in Morrison Foerster’s Agency Finance and Finance Groups, based in New York. He represents lenders, including development finance institutions, export credit agencies, multilateral institutions, private credit funds, and commercial banks, as well as corporate borrowers and sponsors, in connection with a wide range of financing transactions.John has more than a decade of experience structuring, negotiating, and documenting debt financings across agency finance, project finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, venture and growth capital, impact lending, and asset-based lending. His practice spans a range of sectors, including energy, mining, critical minerals, manufacturing, technology, and life sciences.He regularly represents export credit agencies and development banks in domestic and cross-border financings, helping these clients navigate nuanced legal, policy, and business issues. He also advises private credit providers, corporates, and private equity sponsors on financings supporting acquisitions, infrastructure, growth capital, and debt restructurings.Before joining Morrison Foerster, John practiced in the finance groups of leading international law firms in New York and Sydney, advising banks, sponsors, and corporates on leveraged finance and project finance transactions.He is admitted to practice in New York and Australia.<h4>Recent representative matters include advising:</h4><ul><li>A federal government agency on direct loans and other credit support under its domestic financing program, covering projects in the manufacturing, mining, energy, and critical minerals sectors, to strengthen industrial capacity and supply chain resilience.</li><li>On a $425 million cross-border project financing to fund a greenfield solar energy plant in South Asia.</li><li>On a $65 million multi-country, multi-currency facility to support telecommunications infrastructure investments across Latin America.</li><li>On the negotiation of a multibillion-dollar federal funding arrangement under the CHIPS Act (the largest award thereunder) between a multinational semiconductor corporation and the U.S. Department of Commerce.</li><li>On acquisition financings, subscription facilities, growth credit facilities, and cross-border debt restructurings for private equity sponsors, corporates, and private credit funds.</li></ul>

John Tawadrous

Of Counsel

Phil advises clients on U.S. federal income tax considerations in connection with domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, capital markets transactions, derivatives, and other financial products. He regularly represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including foreign and domestic banks, financial institutions, technology and Fintech companies, investment funds, and companies in the consumer and hospitality industries.Phil’s practice also includes advising on all U.S. federal income tax aspects of formation, ongoing operations, and compliance matters for public and private REITs and real estate funds, private equity funds, and joint ventures. This broad experience allows him to provide commercially minded advice and deliver practical solutions to the firm’s clients. In addition to transactional tax matters, Phil enjoys helping clients navigate and successfully resolve administrative matters with the IRS, as well as complex tax controversies. Phil regularly contributes to MoFo’s pro bono and community engagement initiatives, including education policy and advocacy matters.

Philip Jaworskyj

Private Equity Investments + Buyouts

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