James I. Rubens

Jim Rubens focuses his practice in all aspects of corporate finance for a wide variety of institutional lending and borrower-side finance clients. Jim also works in the public finance arena in connection with direct purchases of tax exempt bonds and with credit enhancement products of public bond issues.

Jim's experience includes the representation of: 

• Phoenix Tower International (PTI), a wireless communications infrastructure provider, in several transactions, including:
  • The closing of a $200 million senior secured credit facility with Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group to continue PTI’s growth in the United States
  • The closing of a $700 million senior secured term loan facility to continue its international expansion. The credit facility is the first Pan-Latin America facility of its kind secured by infrastructure assets
  • $80 million secured credit facility with a quasi-governmental lender in Ecuador
  • $58 million secured credit facility with a quasi-governmental lender in Bolivia
• Mandarinfish Holding Corp., a purchaser entity backed by family office sponsors, in the financing for the acquisition of Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) from Providence Equity Partners
• PTC Inc. in a $1 billion secured credit facility
• A syndicate of international lenders in a $288 million secured credit facility to an international firearms manufacturer
• A syndicate of international lenders in a $100 million credit facility to an international firearms manufacturer, including negotiation and documentation in connection with release of spun-off non-core subsidiaries
• A syndicate of national lenders in a $338 million secured credit facility to a national window manufacturing and distribution company
• A syndicate of national lenders in a $275 million credit facility to a national dairy products company
• A syndicate of national lenders in $475 million tax exempt bond facilities in connection with acquisition, development and construction of a continuing care retirement community
• Direct pay letter of credit providers in connection with credit support relating to tax-exempt bond issuances and frequently acts as counsel in connection with direct purchases of tax-exempt bonds
• Canadian and other foreign financial institutions in connection with credit facilities for foreign-based borrowers and their U.S. affiliates
• Private equity groups in structuring senior, mezzanine and equity financings relating to acquisition transactions and dividend recapitalizations