J. Eric Wise is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Global Finance and Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Groups.
Mr. Wise advises agent banks in complex leveraged financings, including cross-border and multicurrency transactions, real estate financings, asset-based financings, leveraged acquisition financings and bank and bond/bridge and other financings, and represents lender and bondholder groups, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds and corporate debtors in complex restructuring and reorganization transactions. He has extensive experience in complex special situations transactions, involving financial institutions, debtors and corporate issuers in second lien and subordinated financings, mezzanine structures, debtor-in-possession financings, Chapter 11 exit financings, rights offerings, recapitalizations, restructurings, work-outs, Chapter 11 cases, pre-packaged Chapter 11 cases and distressed debt purchases and sales.
Mr. Wise has experience in finance and restructuring transactions across industries, including healthcare, hospitality, real estate, telecommunications, steel, automotive, chemical, energy, transportation, telecommunications, financial institutions, and paper and forest products sectors. Mr. Wise is an expert in intercreditor relationships and complex debt structuring issues, and is frequently asked to advise in financial transactions involving complex intercreditor and debt structuring issues.