Chris Lawrence’s practice is focused on the representation of private credit funds, insurance companies, asset managers, and other institutional investors in a broad range of private credit financing transactions across all capital structures and sectors, including institutional private placements, direct lending transactions, first-lien and second-lien loan facilities, mezzanine investments, “one-stop shop” transactions, unitranche loans, PIK holdco financings, hybrid capital, and preferred equity investments.
His experience includes representing lenders and investors in connection with leveraged buyouts, cash flow and asset-based lending transactions, project and infrastructure financings, bond financings, financing arrangements for closed-end funds and business development companies (BDCs), maritime financings, timber deals, and cross-border financing arrangements in Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Mexico, South America, and Australia. He also has extensive experience in intercreditor issues, secured creditor and bankruptcy rights, special situations and out-of-court workouts, reorganizations, and debt restructurings.
Chris returned to Morgan Lewis after working in the transactional finance practice of another international law firm.
Member, Private Placement Investors Association
Member, American College of Investment Counsel (ACIC)
Member, ACIC’s Transaction Process Management Committee