David S. Passes

Mr. Passes’ practice extends across a wide range of industries. Notable representations include:

• Elon Musk in connection with $13 billion of secured debt financing facilities related to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter
• Adtalem Global Education Inc. in a new credit agreement that provided for $850 million of senior secured term B loans and a $400 million revolving credit facility to finance its acquisition of Walden e-Learning, LLC from Laureate Education, Inc.
• Entegris, Inc. in connection with $3 billion of secured debt financing related to its acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc.
• Corporation Service Company in connection with secured debt financing related to its $2 billion acquisition of Intertrust N.V.
• JAB Holding Company in connection with:
  • a $3 billion credit facility related to its $7.5 billion acquisition of Panera Bread
  • a $2.8 billion credit facility related to its acquisition of National Veterinary Associates from Ares Management
  • a $495 million credit facility to support its acquisition of Compassion-First Pet Hospitals from Quad-C Management Inc.
  • a $500 million credit facility related to its $1.35 billion acquisition of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
  • a $2.4 billion unsecured credit facility to finance the acquisition of Dr Pepper Snapple by its portfolio company Keurig Green Mountain
• Veritas Capital in connection with the financings of:
  • its $2.8 billion acquisition of Cubic Corp.
  • Verscend Technologies, Inc. $4.9 billion acquisition of Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.
  • its $700 million acquisition of the capital services business of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
  • its acquisitions of Anaren, Onsolve, StandardAero and Abaco Systems
• Hg Capital in connection with the financings related to its acquisitions of Litera Microsystems, Intelerad and Caseware International
• Centene Corp. in connection with loan facilities related to its acquisitions of Health Net, Inc. and Well Care Health Plans, Inc.
• DowDuPont Inc. in the financings related to its spin-off and reorganization
• Cava Group in the financing for its acquisition of Zoe’s Kitchen

In recognition of his work, Mr. Passes has been named a Rising Star by IFLR1000.