Bio

Jonathan Frankel has worked on many of the largest and most complex multinational leveraged finance transactions in history and has been repeatedly recognized as a leading finance lawyer by international legal and financial publications. Jon’s practice is diverse and unparalleled and involves representing arrangers of syndicated loans and debt and equity securities offerings, lenders providing direct, unitranche or asset-based loans and companies looking for mergers and acquisitions representation and general corporate and securities law advice. Representative transactions include representing the lead arrangers in connection with financing acquisitions of ADT, Avaya, Capsugel, Endemol/Shine, Michaels Stores, Nielsen, Rackspace and Weather Channel. Jon’s transactions involve a wide variety of industries and contexts, including public financings, leveraged buyouts, going private transactions, spin-offs and bankruptcies and restructurings. Jon’s clients include nearly every leading investment banking firm as well as commercial and regional banks, direct and non-bank lenders, asset-based lenders and corporations. Jon has practiced at Cahill since his graduation from Harvard Law School. He became a partner in 2007. Jon is currently the Chair of the Firm's Insurance and Pensions Committee and also serves on the Strategic Committee and the Finance Committee.