Chian Wu

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.

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.