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    R. Courtland Morrice

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    Courtland Morrice is a partner in S&C’s Finance Group. Mr. Morrice advises corporations, private investment firms and financial institutions on a wide range of corporate and finance matters, including leveraged finance, acquisition finance, liability management, debtor-in-possession financing, private credit, project finance, structured finance, capital markets, debt offerings and preferred or junior equity transactions.

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    Experience

    • Torngat Metals Ltd, a joint venture formed by Cerberus Capital Management, Blarney Mining Consortium and HT Investor, in a C$165 million bridge loan facility with Export Development Canada and the Canada Infrastructure Bank to develop the Strange Lake rare earth project in Quebec, Canada
    • Adient plc in numerous transactions, including a $1.25 billion asset-based credit facility, $800 million term loan facility and over $2.5 billion of secured and unsecured Rule 144A/Regulation S notes offerings
    • Softbank Group Corp. in multiple transactions, including a $3.6 billion PIPE investment in Twenty One Capital and an $8.5 billion margin loan and subsequent $5.0 billion upsize in connection with the IPO and Nasdaq listing of Arm Holdings plc
    • City Brewing Company, LLC in multiple transactions, including a series of refinancing and liability management transactions and its $972 million first lien credit agreement

    • Diebold Nixdorf in a series of refinancing and liability management transactions 
    • Sempra Infrastructure Partners, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, in its inaugural Rule 144A/Regulation S $400 million offering and its $1 billion senior unsecured credit facility
    • Upbound Group, Inc. in multiple transactions, including its $550 million ABL credit facility, $875 million term loan facility and its Rule 144A/Regulation S $450 million offering in connection with its $1.65 billion acquisition of Acima Holdings, LLC
    • Bumble Bee Foods, a portfolio company of Lion Capital, in connection with its $850 million debt refinancing led by Brookfield, named Consumer Staples Deal of the Year by the M&A Advisor
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc. in a number of transactions, including its $1.25 billion second amended and restated revolving credit facility and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings of $1.5 billion of senior notes and $2.0 billion 4.625% senior secured notes
    • Sempra Infrastructure Partners, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, in its $1 billion senior unsecured credit facility and its inaugural Rule 144A/Regulation S $400 million offering
    • California Resources Corporation in connection with its $1.15 billion reserves-based credit facility and a $500 million bridge loan facility in connection with its definitive merger agreement to combine with Aera Energy, LLC in an all-stock transaction valuing Aera at approximately $2.1 billion 
    • Antofagasta in multiple Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings, including a Rule 144A/Reg S $500 million offering of senior unsecured notes and subsequent Rule 144A/Regulation S $750 million offering
    • Energizer Holdings, Inc. in a range of financing transactions, including a €650 million 3.500% senior notes offering, its $760 million senior secured term loan and $500 million revolving loan credit facility
    • Garrett Motion Inc. in its chapter 11 debtor-in-possession and $1.55 billion exit financing
    • Teck Resources Limited (Canada) in a number of transactions, including the $2.5 billion project financing of the Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 copper project in Chile
    • Tricor Braun, an Ares/Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) portfolio company, in multiple transactions, including its incremental first lien term loan and preferred equity issuance in connection with its acquisition of Veritiv Operating Company
    • Mitratech, an OTPP portfolio company, in over $1.24 billion of first lien, second lien and preferred equity transactions
    • Pabst Brewing Company, LLC in a series of liability management transactions
    • A sovereign wealth fund in connection with its investment in a fiber optics communications company

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    Credentials

    Education

    • University of Toronto Faculty of Law, J.D., 2016
    • Ivey Business School, Western University, Honors Business Administration, 2010

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

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