Education
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University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1996
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University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1993
Bar Admissions
Awards and Honors
- Texas Rising Star, Texas Monthly magazine (2004)
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Eric White counsels clients on business law matters involving domestic and international finance transactions including structured financings, bridge financings, Islamic finance (Shariah compliant finance), derivatives and other financial services areas, as well as the formation of private debt and equity investment funds.
Mr. White has represented numerous financial institutions in connection with leveraged buy-outs, leveraged recapitalizations, refinancings, subordinated debt investments, asset-based lending, derivatives transactions, equipment and project financings and the related restructurings and workouts of said transactions. He also represents corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies in general corporate matters.
Before joining the firm, Mr. White served as assistant general counsel at the Public Utility Commission of Texas in Austin, in the electric and telecommunications industries. Leveraging off of this experience, Mr. White regularly represents various stakeholders in the areas of bulk power sales, renewable energy and transmission and distribution projects.
Representative Matters:
- Represented senior lender in a $40 million asset-based lending transaction with deep-sea underwater construction and repair company.
- Represented mezzanine fund in debt and equity investment of $85.5 million in a national dental practice management company.
- Represented institutional hedge counterparty for commodity price hedges in connection with a $100 million secured loan facility for a public oil and gas exploration and production company.
- Represented lender in $100 million project finance deal related to the construction of a biodiesel plant.
- Represented party in a $900 million synthetic securities loan utilizing a Share Basket Forward and Equity Basket Swap on ISDA forms.
Professional Affiliations:
- Hiring Partner, Patton Boggs’ Dallas office
- Texas State Bar Association
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