Banking and Credit Partner Michael Ratay regularly represents leading financial institutions, investment and commercial banks, private credit funds and companies on a broad range of corporate finance transactions. His work includes acquisition financings, bank and bridge loan financings, general corporate and investment grade transactions, private credit transactions, asset-based loans, liability management transactions, restructuring transactions and exit financings.
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Work Highlights
- Bank of America, HSBC and JPMorgan in bridge financing for Synopsys’ proposed $35 billion acquisition of Ansys
- JPMorgan in connection with committed financing to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in their $5.3 billion acquisition of Cloudera, Inc.
- Citi in connection with Tesla’s $5 billion revolving facility
- JPMorgan in connection with Deere and Company’s $10.5 billion revolving facilities
- Lead arrangers, led by JPMorgan, in connection with Carnival Corporation’s first-priority senior secured term loan credit facility, comprised of two tranches in an aggregate principal amount of $1.86 billion and €800 million, respectively
- JPMorgan in connection with Delta Air Lines’ $2.5 billion revolving facilities
- Goldman Sachs in connection with Endo’s $2.5 billion exit financing
- JPMorgan in connection with Air Lease Corporation’s ~$7.8 billion revolving facility
Education
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University of Virginia School of Law, 2017 J.D.
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Texas Christian University, 2014 B.B.A.
summa cum laude
Michael Ratay is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s New York office and a member of the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice. He regularly represents leading financial institutions, investment and commercial banks, private credit funds and companies on a broad range of corporate finance transactions, including acquisition financings, bank and bridge loan financings, general corporate and investment grade transactions, private credit transactions, asset-based loans, liability management transactions, restructuring transactions and exit financings.
Michael’s recent experience includes the representation of:
- Bank of America, HSBC and JPMorgan in bridge financing for Synopsys’ proposed $35 billion acquisition of Ansys
- JPMorgan in connection with committed financing to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in their $5.3 billion acquisition of Cloudera, Inc.
- Citi in connection with Tesla’s $5 billion revolving facility
- JPMorgan in connection with Deere and Company’s $10.5 billion revolving facilities
- Lead arrangers, led by JPMorgan, in connection with Carnival Corporation’s first-priority senior secured term loan credit facility, comprised of two tranches in an aggregate principal amount of $1.86 billion and €800 million, respectively
- JPMorgan in connection with Delta Air Lines’ $2.5 billion revolving facilities
- Goldman Sachs in connection with Endo’s $2.5 billion exit financing
- JPMorgan in connection with Air Lease Corporation’s $7.8 billion revolving facility
- JPMorgan in connection with VICI Properties’ $3.5 billion revolving facility
- JPMorgan in connection with committed financing to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of PwC’s Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services practice
- Goldman Sachs in connection with Block’s $775 million revolving facility
- Hill Path Capital in the financing of The ONE Group’s acquisition of Safflower Holdings Corp., the owner of Benihana Inc.
- JPMorgan in connection with the recapitalization of Vialto Partners
- JPMorgan in connection with Safehold’s $2.0 billion revolving facility
Michael received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2017 and his B.B.A, summa cum laude, from Texas Christian University in 2014. Michael is admitted to practice in New York.