Eric W. Kimball

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Eric W. Kimball

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Overview

Eric W. Kimball is a finance attorney in Holland & Knight’s Dallas office with more than 23 years of experience representing lenders in originating and restructuring middle-market finance transactions. His experience includes representing left-lead banks and non-bank institutions in areas such as:

leveraged cash flow lending
asset-based lending
subordinated debt financing
sophisticated intercreditor arrangements related to unitranche, split-collateral, mezzanine, first lien and second lien financings

Mr. Kimball also negotiates and closes equity sponsor-backed acquisitions and dividend recapitalizations of portfolio companies across many industries, with particular experience related to financing companies focused on healthcare, security alarm monitoring, government contracting and energy services.

In addition, Mr. Kimball represents secured parties in resolving defaulted loans, including by way of private, public and strict foreclosure transactions under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).

Representative Experience

Represented arranger and agent in a $118 million syndicated, first-lien loan facility provided to a healthcare services company
Represented arranger and agent in a $174 million syndicated, first-lien loan facility provided to a media company
Represented arranger and agent in a $74 million syndicated, split-collateral loan facility provided to building service companies
Represented arranger and agent in a $190 million syndicated, unitranche loan facility provided to a furniture company
Represented arranger and agent in a $100 million unitranche loan facility provided to an oil field services company
Represented last-out agent and last-out lenders in a $61 million syndicated, unitranche loan facility provided to a building materials company
Represented agent in a $40 million silent first lien loan facility provided to an electronics manufacturing company
Represented agent in a $59 million syndicated, unitranche loan facility provided for the acquisition of the assets of a pharmaceuticals company
Represented agent in a $26 million syndicated, split-collateral unitranche loan facility provided to a food products company
Represented agent in a $60 million syndicated, split-collateral term loan credit facility provided to acquire a clothing line
Represented first-out representative and first-out lenders in a $235 million unitranche financing for a "going private" merger transaction

Represented arranger and agent in a $190 million syndicated, first-lien revolving facility provided to an energy services company
Represented arranger and agent in a $120 million syndicated, unitranche loan facility provided to a security alarm company
Represented agent in a $25 million senior loan facility provided to a video monitoring company
Represented agent in a $60 million syndicated, senior loan facility provided to a video monitoring company
Represented agent in a $35 million senior loan facility provided to a video monitoring company
Represented agent in a $37 million second lien loan facility provided to a security alarm company
Represented agent in a $15 million split-collateral working capital facility provided to an energy services company
Represented arranger and agent in a $125 million syndicated revolving facility provided to an energy services company

Represented agent in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding and a private UCC foreclosure sale related to financing provided to a concierge hospital
Represented agent in a public UCC foreclosure sale related to financing provided to a concierge hospital
Represented agent in a strict foreclosure transaction related to financing provided to an energy services company
Represented agent in a public UCC foreclosure sale related to financing provided to a cosmetics company