Focuses on complex financing and capital solutions transactions, including direct lending and other private credit investments, private equity-related corporate finance, liability management transactions, special situation financings and recapitalizations and in-court and out-of-court restructurings.
Extensive experience advising both lenders and borrowers in a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions across sectors including technology, health care, manufacturing and consumer products, including leveraged buyouts, syndicated loan financings and cash flow and asset-based lending transactions.
Represents direct lenders, private credit investors and other private capital and alternative capital providers.

Josh concentrates on complex financing and capital solutions transactions, including direct lending and private credit investments, liability management transactions, special situation financings, rescue financings and other recapitalization transactions and in-court and out-of-court restructurings. He has extensive experience advising on leveraged buyouts. Josh represents direct lenders, private credit investors and other private capital and alternative capital providers on a broad range of financing transactions.

Josh draws on a deep knowledge of private capital transactions and has experience across a variety of industry sectors. Clients benefit from his practical approach and strong understanding of market trends.

Prior to joining Akin, Josh was a partner at an international law firm.

Representative Work

Represented private credit investors in connection with a $1.35 billion senior secured financing for Par Health.
Represented Bain Capital in connection with a growth capital investment in ARCOS LLC.
Represented an ad hoc group of loyalty noteholders in connection with the in-court restructuring of Spirit Airlines.
Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of OQ Chemicals Group in connection with a recapitalization transaction.
Represented One Investment Management (OneIM) on an investment alongside HPS Investment Partners, Oak Hill Advisors and others in Garda World Security Corporation.
Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of Loparex in connection with superpriority financing and exchange transactions.
Represented Kennedy Lewis Investment Management in connection with a $490 million senior secured term loan credit facility to Limetree Bay Terminals.
Represented Bain Capital Credit in connection with an aviation lending joint venture with Griffin Global Asset Management.

Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a financing for the acquisition of a ski resort. The financing consisted of a $125 million term loan and a $30 million revolver.
Represented Kennedy Lewis Investment Management in connection with a $450 million senior secured term loan credit facility to Eastman Kodak Company.
Represented Constellis Holdings, LLC in connection with a recapitalization transaction with existing investors.
Represented Canyon Partners, as lender, in connection with the amendment and extension of maturity of LifeScan Global Corporation’s $275 million second-lien term loan credit facility.
Represented an ad hoc group of lenders to a restaurant supply company in an out-of-court restructuring that involved a $35 million emergency bridge financing, the exchange of existing term loans for a $215 million takeback term loan facility and new equity, and the right to participate in a $350 million new-money rights offering (including a $92 million payment in kind (PIK) facility).
Represented an ad hoc group of lenders in connection with the in-court restructuring of ARC Gaming & Technologies, LLC.