Simon Cassell

Simon Cassell represents sponsors, corporations and lenders in connection with a wide range of U.S. and international syndicated and other corporate financing transactions, as well as in the development and financing of energy and infrastructure-related projects.

Significant recent representations include:

• Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure (formerly known as IPI Partners LLC), together with its portfolio company, STACK Infrastructure, in connection with:
  • $960 million in syndicated financing to support the construction and fit-out of two purpose-built data centers with a combined capacity of 60 MW in San Jose County, California
  • $655 million in financing to support the construction and fit-out of a 79 MW purpose-built data center complex in Douglas County, Georgia
  • $825 million in financing to support the construction and fit-out of a 53 MW purpose-built data center complex in Prince William County, Virginia
  • a $618 million term loan to finance the construction and fit-out costs of two data center facilities in northern Virginia
  • a $312 million term loan to finance the construction and fit-out costs of a data center facility in northern Virginia
  • an $824 million term loan to finance the construction and fit-out costs of three data center facilities in Maricopa County, Arizona
  • a $350 million term loan to finance the construction and fit-out costs of a data center facility
  • a $750 million term loan financing to support the construction and completion of a 72 MW data center in Leesburg, Virginia
• Elon Musk in connection with a $12.5 billion margin loan as part of $25 billion of debt financing commitments related to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter
• Brookfield in connection with various financing transactions
• BLH Investment LLC in its $250 million senior secured syndicated bridge loan
• Entergy Corporation in the $484 million sale of its gas distribution business to Bernhard Capital Partners
• funds advised by Permira Advisers in a substantial investment in PharmaCord LLC
• Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. in the refinancing of its existing senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility with a new $200 million seven-year senior secured term loan and a $45 million five-year revolving credit facility
• NGL Energy Partners, LP in the amendment and extension of its senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility
• a manufacturer of chemicals and gases in the acquisition and financing of a biofuels refinery and associated assets
• TerraForm Power, Inc. in connection with the refinancing of certain of its existing unsecured notes with a $500 million term loan B facility