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East Berhane
East Berhane
Partner — Finance
E: eberhane@velaw.com T: +1.214.220.7836
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Partner — Finance

East Berhane

East Berhane
Dallas
T: +1.214.220.7836

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201

E: eberhane@velaw.com
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East Berhane

East Berhane regularly advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and other private and public companies in connection with a wide range of debt financing matters. East has represented leading global investment firms in complex financing transactions, both secured and unsecured, including highly levered acquisition financings, recapitalizations, syndicated loan transactions, direct lending, asset-based lending and debt restructurings.

Experience Highlights

  • Abry Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle market companies, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • Bain Capital, a private investment firm, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • BC Partners, a British international investment firm, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank with an advisory and investment platform, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • KKR, a global investment firm, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • Stone Point Capital, an alternative investment management firm, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • Thomas H. Lee, a private equity firm, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

  • Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, in connection with financings and ongoing credit advice for certain of its portfolio companies

Credentials

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2015; AnBryce Scholar; Notes Editor, New York University Law Review
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Political Economy, 2011
  • Legal Secondee, KKR, New York, 2018–2019
  • Sanctuary for Families Above & Beyond Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy, 2015
  • Texas
  • New York
  • Tigrinya

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