Martin S Gates

Practice Areas

Marty is a partner in the Vorys Cleveland office. He has nearly 30 years of experience helping clients successfully complete complex, multijurisdictional, multicurrency commercial financing transactions. In his practice, Marty represents administrative agents, lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of secured and unsecured commercial financing transactions, including syndicated and single-lender financings, investment-grade company financings, asset-based financings, acquisition financings, all types of subordinated debt financings, and private placements of debt securities. Marty also represents administrative agents, lenders and borrowers in connection with a wide variety of syndicated and single-lender real estate financing transactions including REIT financings, real estate fund financings, construction loans and mezzanine financings. He also advises clients with respect to the purchase and sale of corporate aircraft.

In addition, Marty has significant experience in representing administrative agents, lenders and borrowers in connection with workouts and restructurings of troubled credits and debtor-in-possession and exit financings. He also frequently advises administrative agents and lenders on intercreditor issues in connection with transactions involving multiple debt tranches and lien priorities.

Work Highlights

Advised Greif, Inc. in its $2.475 billion credit facility and $500 million Notes offering in connection with the financing of Greif’s acquisition of Caraustar Industries Inc., a Georgia-based box manufacturer, for a purchase price of $1.8 billion.

Advised a leading provider of high performance sand on the financing aspects of its merger with a wholly owned subsidiary of a leading European commodities producer in a tax-free, cash and stock transaction valued at $4.7 billion.

Represented a global private equity firm in connection with the financing for an add-on acquisition and related financing of a provider of an employee learning and engagement platform.

Represented a national bank, as administrative agent, in connection with a $1 billion syndicated senior credit facility provided to a publicly traded REIT.

Advised a global multi-billion dollar alternative investments firm on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a leading energy-based medical company, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $510 million.