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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 corporate, sponsor, financial institution and private credit clients on a wide range of debt financing matters, including leveraged finance, acquisition finance, private credit, capital markets debt offerings, liability management transactions structured finance and project finance. He also advises clients on preferred equity and other equity investments made in connection with debt financings.

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    Experience

    • Broadcom on its strategic AI compute initiatives, including its partnership with OpenAI (for 10GW of custom AI accelerators) and its transaction with Anthropic (for $21 billion of Google Ironwood TPU chips)
    • OpenAI in connection with its $22 billion commercial partnership with CoreWeave
    • SoftBank Group in multiple transactions, including on financing matters in connection with its $4 billion pending acquisition of DigitalBridge Group, $20 billion margin loan on its shares in Nasdaq-listed Arm Holdings plc and a $3.6 billion PIPE investment in Twenty One Capital
    • A leading insurance company on their purchase of notes to finance the development and operation of the Hyperion data center campus, a joint venture between Blue Owl and Meta Platforms, Inc.
    • Bakkt Holdings, Inc. in its investment agreement with an affiliate of Yorkville Advisors to sell a $25 million convertible debenture in a private placement

    • 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
    • City Brewing Company, LLC in multiple transactions, including a series of refinancing and liability management transactions and its $65 million asset-based revolving credit facility
    • Pabst Brewing Company, LLC in a series of liability management transactions
    • California Resources Corporation in numerous transactions, including its $400 million Rule 144A/Regulation S notes offering in connection with its business combination with Berry Corporation, 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
    • 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
    • PODS LLC, an OTPP portfolio company, in multiple transactions, including the issuance of $150 million preferred equity and $100 million non-fungible first lien term loans
    • Mitratech, an OTPP portfolio company, in multiple transactions including its senior secured credit agreement including approximately $2.1 billion of first lien credit facilities and a $100 million delayed draw term loan facility, and its previous first lien, second lien and preferred equity transactions
    • Adient plc in numerous transactions, including its $1 billion asset-based revolving credit facility, $624 million term loan facility and over $2.5 billion of secured and unsecured Rule 144A/Regulation S notes offerings
    • 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
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc. in a number of transactions, including its $1.25 billion third 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
    • Antofagasta in over $1.8 billion of Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings
    • 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
    • Diebold Nixdorf in a series of refinancing and liability management transactions
    • 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
    • A sovereign wealth fund in connection with its investment in a fiber optics communications company

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Law360 – Complex Financial Instruments Rising Star, 2025

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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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