Daniel S. Dokos

Daniel is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for Banking & Finance by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, where clients note “he’s one of the smartest lawyers in the industry” and “very commercial, very responsive and his work is spot-on.” He is recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for Bank Lending by Legal 500 US, where clients note he is “excellent at working for banks and getting extremely difficult cross-border deals done.” Daniel is also recognized as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer for Banking in the U.S. by IFLR1000. He was named among the 2019 Top 30 “Best of the Best” Lawyers for Banking & Finance by Legal Media Group, recognized as a 2013 Banking “MVP” by Law360 and named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer for his representation of the lead arrangers in Ford Motor Company’s $18.5 billion financing. Daniel has also been named a “Best Lawyer” for Banking & Finance Law in New York by Best Lawyers in America and recognized as an “expert” in Banking & Finance by Who’s Who Legal.

Experience

• the administrative agent in an amendment that incrementally adds to, and extends, approximately $6.5 billion in senior secured term facilities and a $567 million revolving credit facility for JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS International B.V. and Tea Forté Inc. (both subsidiaries of JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS Holdings B.V.)
• the administrative agent in a $1.55 billion amended and extended senior unsecured revolving facility for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
• the administrative agent in a $1 billion amended and extended senior unsecured term facility for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
• the administrative agent in $200 million senior secured revolving facilities for Etsy, Inc.
• the agent, lead arranger and sole bookrunner in a $300 million unsecured revolving facility for Align Technology, Inc.
• the administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in a $125 million senior secured revolving facility for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. to refinance existing indebtedness
• the administrative agent, collateral agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in senior secured facilities for Mavenir Systems Inc. (a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group) to refinance existing indebtedness
• Northeast Grocery, Inc., an entity resulting from the merger of Price Chopper Supermarkets and Tops Markets, LLC, in $873 million ABL revolving and first and second lien term post-merger financing facilities
• Johnson & Johnson in its $10 billion 364-day revolving facility to refinance and reprice existing indebtedness

Daniel is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for Banking & Finance by Chambers USA and Chambers Global and a “Highly Regarded” lawyer for Banking in the U.S. by IFLR1000. He is also recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for Bank Lending by Legal 500 US and was named among the 2019 Top 30 “Best of the Best” Lawyers for Banking & Finance by Legal Media Group. Daniel was also recognized as a 2013 Banking “MVP” by Law360 and named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer for his representation of the lead arrangers in Ford Motor Company’s $18.5 billion financing. Daniel has also been named a “Best Lawyer” for Banking & Finance Law in New York by Best Lawyers in America and recognized as an “expert” in Banking & Finance by Who’s Who Legal.

Daniel joined Weil in 1998 as a partner and was a member of the Firm’s Management Committee from 2008 through 2016. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982, where he graduated Order of the Coif and served as notes editor on the Virginia Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree in History from Dartmouth College in 1979.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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