J. Parker Murphy

Parker advises clients across a wide variety of debt structures, including senior, second lien, split lien, unitranche, and mezzanine (secured and unsecured) lenders in single-lender, club and unitranche credit facilities in connection with acquisition financings, recapitalizations, restructurings, management buyouts, and growth investments.

Parker also has experience assisting equity investors, growth stage businesses, and founders in connection with their buy-out, co-investment, venture capital, and other fundraising transactions.

Representative Experience

• Represented administrative agent and primary capital provider in $146,000,000 senior credit facility for leading manufacturer of vitamins and supplements, which has included several follow-on incremental financings to support additional acquisitions
• Represented lender group in $170,000,000 senior credit facility and equity co-investment for a leading dental service organization, which included multiple incremental debt and equity financings used support over 45 acquisitions during the life of the facility
• Served as counsel for private credit client in a financing and equity investment to support acquisition of a leading designer and manufacturer of components for heavy-duty trucks and equipment. Transaction involved a unitranche debt facility and equity co-investment in acquisition vehicle
• Represented lender group in $51,500,000 mezzanine credit facility for leading manufacturer of disposable surgical products, which has included follow-on financings to support additional acquisitions
• Advised client in sale of their minority equity holdings in managed IT services and cloud solutions provider to publicly traded company, where total transaction value was $215,000,000

Notable

• Member, MVA Young Professionals Committee
• Member, MVA COVID-19 Client Resources Task Force
• UNC School of Law Gressman-Pollitt Oral Advocacy Award, 2016

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association