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Chian Wu
- Firmwide Chair, Financial Transactions Practice
Chian advises clients on both domestic and cross-border transactions and is informed by her extensive experience in industry-specific transactions.
Chian Wu represents public and private companies, financial institutions, and private equity funds in all aspects of commercial lending and real estate, venture debt, and capital market financings. She advises lenders and borrowers with respect to domestic and cross-border syndicated credit facilities lending in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan. Chian counsels clients on asset-based lending transactions, software-as-a-service lending, acquisition financing, secured and unsecured credit facilities, term loan As, term loan Bs, letters of credit transactions, and credit tenant loans. She also advises on real estate loans for the acquisition, development, construction, and permanent financing of various types of properties.
The chair of the firm's Financial Transactions practice, Chian also offers clients insights gained from her experience in banking and financial transactions involving media and communications, maritime lending, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, construction, agriculture, technology, intellectual property, and hospitality companies.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Note and Comment Editor, Minnesota Journal of International Law, 2007
- Grinnell College, B.A., Political Science, with honors, 2000
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
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Oregon
Related Employment
- U.S. Federal Court, Ninth Circuit, San Jose, CA, Judicial Extern, 1997
Professional Recognition
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow, 2019
Listed as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2015-2017
Professional Experience
Commercial Finance
Multinational Senior Secured and Unsecured Credit Facilities
- Represented wholesale and retail company in $2 billion Term Loan B acquisition financing.
- Represented utility companies in $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facilities from syndicate of lenders.
- Represented specialty pharmaceutical company in $375 million Term Loan B acquisition financing.
- Represented baseball club in $100 million league-wide credit facility from Major League Baseball and $300 million credit facilities from syndicate of lenders.
- Represented public company provider of advanced broadband and IT managed services in $100 million syndicated first-lien and second-lien credit facilities.
- Represented public automated retail company in $675 million syndicated credit facility secured by substantially all of the company’s assets, including intellectual property (IP) and domestic and foreign stock.
- Represented independent developer and manufacturer of highly engineered wear parts in $900 million syndicated credit facility.
- Represented specialized manufacturing company for aerospace and defense industries in $675 million syndicated credit facility that includes foreign borrowing facilities.
Asset-Based Financing
- Represented agent and lenders in single-lender and syndicated asset-based financings in industries including organic foods, pharmaceuticals, and online retail of nutritional and sports supplements.
- Represented paper manufacturer in $37.5 million syndicated Asset-Based Lending (ABL) revolving facility with multiple term loans.
- Represented international retailer in $120 million syndicated ABL revolving facility with dollar and yen loans.
EB-5 Project Financing
- Represented national bank on multiple loans to EB-5 project developers.
Credit Enhanced Bond Financing
- Represented letter of credit banks in connection with $7 million and $81 million bond transactions.
- Represented letter of credit banks in a $56.7 million bond transaction financing construction of a continuing care retirement community located in Washington.
- Represented letter of credit banks in $28.5 million and $24.3 million bond transactions refinancing development costs of certain senior assisted living communities in Washington.
New Markets Tax Credit Financing (NMTC)
- Represented leverage lenders in multiple NMTC transactions to finance construction of an energy efficient commercial building in Seattle, Washington, and rehabilitation of a historic building in Spokane, Washington.
Fishing Vessel Financing and Purchase Transactions
- Represented fishing company in a $75 million syndicated senior secured credit facility, consisting of a $13 million revolving loan and $62 million term loan, secured by substantially all of the company’s assets, including marine mortgages on fishing vessels and their associated fishing rights.
- Represented agent bank in a $250 million syndicated senior secured credit facility to a marine construction and dredging company.
- Represented agent bank in a $400 million syndicated senior secured credit facility to a seafood processor secured by marine mortgages on fishing vessels, associated fishing rights, and real property.
- Represented purchaser in connection with the purchase of a 55’ schooner.
- Represented purchaser in connection with the construction financing and purchase of a Viking yacht.
Media and Communications
- Represented public company provider of advanced broadband and IT managed series in $100 million syndicated first-lien and second-lien credit facilities.
- Represented national bank in $20 million revolving and term credit facilities for a television broadcast affiliate with stations located in Washington, Oregon, and New York.
- Represented agent bank in $102 million syndicated credit facilities and acquisition financing for a radio broadcast media company with over 90 radio stations in 18 markets across the United States.
- Represented national bank in $22.5 million revolving and term credit facilities for a television and radio broadcast company based in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented national bank in $65.5 million revolving and term credit facilities for an outdoor advertising company with billboards and posters in Utah, Nevada, and Texas.
Real Estate and Construction Finance
Construction Financing
- Represented construction lender in a $20 million construction loan to build a multifamily apartment complex consisting of 182 apartment units, clubhouse, garages, carports, and outside parking in Spokane, Washington.
- Represented agent bank in a $95 million construction loan to construct a multiunit condominium complex in Seattle, Washington.
- Represented construction lender in a $41.6 million construction loan to build 19 three-story apartment buildings in a garden-style walkup apartment complex in Broomfield, Colorado.
- Represented construction lender in a $40 million construction loan to build a mixed-use retail, office, and multifamily townhome space in Bellevue, Washington.
- Represented construction lender in a $31.7 million construction loan to renovate a 48-room boutique hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.
Affordable and Senior Housing Finance
- Represented construction lender in a $19.250 million construction loan to finance renovation of senior apartments in Washington serving low and moderate income seniors earning 60% of the area median income or less.
- Represented construction lender in a $27 million construction loan to finance the development of 145 senior housing units and 30-unit standalone memory care building in Alabama.
- Represented national bank in $8.5 million term and revolving credit facilities to company operating senior assisted living and memory care communities in Washington, California, and Nevada.
- Represented letter of credit banks in a $56.7 million bond transaction financing construction of a continuing care retirement community located in Washington.
- Represented letter of credit banks in $28.5 million and $24.3 million bond transactions refinancing development costs of certain senior assisted living communities in Washington.