jonathan e. bush
Partner
Atlanta
Overview
Jonathan Bush is an experienced commercial finance attorney. He has helped financial institutions and syndicates of lenders structure, negotiate, and close numerous secured loan transactions at every level of complexity. His client-focused, responsive approach ensures that those he represents are best positioned for success.
With deep experience in commercial finance, Jonathan helps banks and other lenders through domestic and cross-border transactions ranging from $10 million to more than $1 billion. His deals range from single-lender to syndicated facilities, and often involve multi-currency loans. Jonathan also advises his clients with respect to receivables purchase and supply chain finance transactions, and, when required, on workouts and restructurings as well.
Jonathan is focused on helping his clients complete their deals on the most commercially favorable terms. His experience and industry knowledge help him to identify options for his clients while meeting the needs of the parties on the other side of each transaction. Jonathan's diligence and proactive approach help build the trust and confidence necessary to reach agreement on the most complex commercial finance transactions.
Experience
- Represented a national bank, as the agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a $1 billion pre-petition and post-petition syndicated senior secured asset-based credit facility to a sponsor-backed national distributor of tires, which facility included a cross-border component with both U.S. and Canadian borrowers and asset pools, and featuring additional first in - last out facilities. The transaction also required the negotiation of a complex lien subordination and intercreditor agreement with the term lenders holding secured term loan debt.
- Represented a national bank as the sole lender in providing a senior secured asset-based revolving credit and term loan facility to finance the acquisition and working capital needs of a U.S. based petroleum midstream services and distribution business with a world-wide market. The transaction involved the taking of traditional ABL, real property and intellectual property collateral.
- Represented a national bank, as agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a syndicated senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to an international office products supply business, which transaction featured cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S., Canadian, German, and Swedish obligors, and a separate disclosed and full recourse receivables purchase facility with respect to receivables originated by affiliated businesses in France and Italy.
- Represented a national bank, as the sole lender, in providing a senior secured revolving credit facility, which transaction featured dual cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S. and Dutch borrowers and asset pools.
- Represented a national bank, as agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to a U.S. based manufacturer and distributor. The transaction featured cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S. and Canadian borrowers and asset pools, a sub-facility for certain assets located in Mexico, and the negotiation and documentation of an extensive array of supply chain finance transactions.
- Represented a regional bank providing a stand-alone $80 million receivables purchase facility to publicly-traded electronics equipment manufacturer and services provider, and further expansion and upsizing of such facility in connection with the refinancing of the company's senior secured credit facility.
- Represented a regional bank purchasing a participation in an existing $490 million receivables purchase facility provided to publicly-traded corrugated packaging company.
- Represented a bank, as agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to a U.S. based outdoor sporting goods distributor, which transaction featured cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S. and Canadian borrowers.
- Represented a bank, as agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a senior secured cash flow revolving credit facility to a consumer products manufacturer with international operations and distribution. This transaction featured cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S. and Hong Kong asset pools.
- Represented a bank, as the sole lender, in providing a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to a sponsor-backed U.S. based parking solutions business. The transaction also entailed the integration and synchronization of the new working capital facility with an existing term loan facility and the negotiation of a complex intercreditor arrangement with the term lenders.
Thought Leadership
- Contributor: "SFNet International Finance & Development Committee Launches ABL Cross-Border Database," The Secured Lender, July 2022
- Author and Presenter: "Priority of Security Interests Under UCC Article 9," Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, February 2005
- Author and Presenter: "Priority of Security Interests Under UCC Article 9," Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, February 2004
- Author: "United We Stand: The Anticompetitive Implications of Media Ownership of Professional Sports Teams in Great Britain", 32 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1445, 1999
Areas of focus
- Financial Services
- Business Capitalizations
- Commercial Finance
- Corporate & Business Transactions
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 2000) Order of the Coif. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1998-2000, Executive Research Editor
- Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1995)
Accolades
- Selected as one of Georgia's "Rising Stars" by Super Lawyers magazine, 2007
Professional affiliations
- Serves on the Firm's Recruiting Committee
- State Bar of Georgia
- American Bar Association
Admitted to practice
- Georgia