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    Nicholas R. Baker

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    New York

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    Nicholas R. Baker is an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Finance and Restructuring Group. Mr. Baker advises corporations, government lenders, private investment firms and financial institutions on a wide range of financing, capital markets, private credit and restructuring transactions, including project financings, term loan and revolving facilities, investment grade and high-yield bond offerings, asset-based financings, and in- and out-of-court bankruptcy matters.

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    Experience

    Experience

    Project Finance

    • The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Loan Programs Office, on loan guarantees of up to $1.64 billion to DTE Gas Company and up to $7.17 billion to DTE Electric Company to finance the replacement of natural gas main and service distribution lines and the development of generation and battery storage, respectively
    • The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Loan Programs Office, on a $584.5 million loan guarantee to subsidiaries of Convergent Energy and Power to finance the construction of a solar photovoltaic system with an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) and three stand-alone BESS projects across Puerto Rico
    • The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Loan Programs Office, on an $861.3 million loan guarantee to a subsidiary of the AES Corporation to finance the construction of two solar photovoltaic farms equipped with battery storage and two standalone BESS in Puerto Rico
    • Minera Centinela, a joint venture between Antofagasta plc and Marubeni Corporation, in the $2.5 billion project financing for an expansion of Centinela’s existing copper mining operations in Chile
    • Sempra Infrastructure Partners in the $6.8 billion project financing of the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 Project in Jefferson County, Texas

    • Woodfibre LNG, a joint venture between Pacific Energy and Enbridge, in the $5.1 billion LNG export project with a 2.1 mtpa liquefaction capacity in British Columbia
    • Golden Triangle Polymers Company, a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and QatarEnergy, in the project financing of an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas

    Corporate and Acquisition Finance

    • Generate Capital in connection with its $1.2 billion credit agreement and its $150 million senior secured revolving loan facility with borrower UW MidCo, LLC, a subsidiary of Upwell Water LLC 
    • Enbridge, in its $9.4 billion senior unsecured bridge facility in connection with its acquisition of The East Ohio Gas Company and Questar Gas Company and its related Wexpro companies and pending acquisitions of Public Service Company of North Carolina from Dominion Energy for $14 billion
    • C&S Wholesale Grocers in financing its $2.9 billion proposed acquisition of assets that The Kroger Co. proposed to divest in connection with Kroger and Albertsons Companies’ merger
    • Northwestern Mutual in a number of debt and equity transactions, including for Biocoat, Bonadent, PCI Pharma, RQM and Unison
    • Crescent Capital in a number of debt and equity transactions, including for WhiteWater
    • Fiserv in the $20 billion financing related to its acquisition of First Data Corporation and its subsequent offerings of approximately $10 billion of unsecured notes as well as other financing activities
    • Spirit AeroSystems in its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $900 million in unsecured notes and $230 million of exchangeable notes, $1.25 billion credit agreement, $375 million short-term delayed draw term loan facility and other financings
    • Vector Group Ltd. in its Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings of approximately $600 million of unsecured notes and $875 million of secured notes
    • CIT Group Inc. in a registered offering of $550 million of unsecured notes
    • Lenders in private credit transactions including Oaktree Capital Management and Delaware Life Insurance Company

    Bankruptcy and Restructuring

    • Gingko Bioworks, Inc. in its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Zymergen, Inc. through a Section 363 sale process
    • Barclays Bank PLC, as agent, in a $2.01 billion debtor-in-procession financing to Cineworld Group plc in its Chapter 11 case
    • Oaktree Capital Management in the Chapter 11 restructuring of SiO2 Medical Products and its affiliates
    • Deerfield Management as senior secured creditor, DIP lender and plan sponsor in the Chapter 11 cases of Melinta Therapeutics
    • Lion Capital in its affiliate’s DIP financing for, and acquisition of, John Varvatos Enterprises in a Section 363 sale process
    • White Star Petroleum LLC in its Chapter 11 proceeding
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Fiserv on Public Offering of €2.175 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes

      May 28, 2025
    • S&C Advises Adient Global Holdings in Rule 144A/Reg S Notes Offering

      February 12, 2025
    • S&C Advises U.S. Department of Energy on $861.3 Million Loan Guarantee to Finance Solar Energy Projects in Puerto Rico

      October 28, 2024
    • S&C Advises Fiserv on Public Offerings of $3.75 Billion of Senior Notes

      August 27, 2024
    • S&C Advises Minera Centinela and its Shareholders on Major $2.5 Billion Project Financing

      April 2, 2024
    • S&C Advises C&S Wholesale Grocers in Acquiring Assets from The Kroger Company and Albertsons Companies

      September 14, 2023
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • S&C and GIIA co-author White Paper on Building a New Foundation for U.S. Infrastructure

      Articles May 21, 2025
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Boston College Law School, J.D., 2018
    • University of Florida, B.S., 2015
    • University of Florida, B.A., 2015

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Clerkships

    • The Honorable Robert J. Luck, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2020-2021
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    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Latin America
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