Brian D. Kilb

Selected representative matters include:

• Represents Parex USA, Inc., a subsidiary of the France company Financiére Dry Mix Solutions SAS, in rolling-up building products manufacturers and distributors.
• Represented Colony Capital in the acquisition of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (now known as SONIFI Solutions, Inc.) and restructuring of its term loan facility, in a pre-packaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
• Represented Miramax in issuing its $500 million film library asset- backed notes.
• Represented Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. in many film library acquisition transactions, and in many structured and corporate financing transactions, including the following transactions:
  • Restructuring of its $2.4-billion credit facility, and in connection with structured production and distribution finance facilities.
  • Structured production and distribution finance credit facilities and second-lien production finance notes (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital Inc.).
  • 1.75-billion term and revolving credit facilities (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
• Represented privately-held homebuilder and heavy construction company in the restructuring of $800-million credit facilities and $600-million senior notes.
• Represented Tenet Healthcare Corporation in an $800-million healthcare receivables secured revolving credit agreement (Bank of America, N.A.) and many senior notes offerings; and in its exchange offers for $1.6-billion aggregate principal amount of the company’s senior notes.
• Represented Green Equity Investors funds (Leonard Green & Partners) in many leveraged acquisition financings, including Green Equity Investors IV, L.P in its $475-million term and revolving credit facilities to finance the acquisition of The Sports Authority (Bank of America, N.A.).
• Represented Computer Sciences Corporation in its $1.5-billion commercial paper backstop and liquidity credit facility (Citigroup).
• Represented Goldman Sachs & Co. in its $400-million structured production and distribution finance facilities for Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation.
• Represented Allergan, Inc. in its $1.1-billion credit facility to finance the acquisition of Inamed, a global healthcare company (Bank of America, N.A.).
• Represented HCP, Inc. (formerly known as Health Care Property Investors, Inc.) in its $3.4-billion bridge, term and revolving credit facilities to finance the acquisition of CNL Retirement Properties, a real estate investment trust (Bank of America, N.A.).
• Represented Hilton Hotels Corporation in its $5.75-billion term and revolving credit facilities to finance the acquisition of the international lodging assets of Hilton Group plc (Bank of America, N.A.).
• Represented TPG/Providence Equity Partners/Sony/Comcast in its $2.4-billion term and revolving credit facilities to finance the acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Inc. (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
• Represented Caesars Entertainment, Inc. in its $1.4-billion term and revolving credit facilities (Bank of America, N.A.) and Rule 144A offering of high yield senior notes (Banc of America Securities LLC).

Industries

• Media and Entertainment
• Gaming/Technology
• Lodging
• Real Estate

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D., Cum Laude
• Cornell University, B.S., with Honors

Admitted

• California
• Massachusetts

Honors and Awards

• Selected as a Leading Lawyer, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking and Finance and Capital Markets
• Selected as a Leading Lawyer, IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, Banking
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America©, Banking Law
• Selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers, Banking Law
• Recognized as a leading lawyer, Who’s Who Legal, Banking Law