Tzvi Werzberger
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Tzvi Werzberger, a partner in V&E’s Finance practice group, represents a broad array of corporate borrowers, private equity sponsors, hedge funds, and other alternative lenders in many types of complex and highly structured debt facilities. His extensive experience includes term loan B financings, acquisition financings, asset-based loans, restructurings and distressed debt, and designing bespoke credit facilities.
Additionally, as Co-Head of V&E’s Hedging and Derivatives practice, Tzvi has represented numerous corporate end users, project companies, and hedge providers in negotiating and documenting various hedging transactions including commodity, interest rate, and foreign exchange derivatives.
Tzvi has also advised clients in all aspects of the energy and natural resources industry, including upstream and midstream oil and gas, oilfield services, and renewables and clean energy. He has also advised clients across a wide range of other industries including shipping, manufacturing and cryptocurrency.
Experience Highlights
Citibank in a $1 billion syndicated, asset-based credit facility to Transocean Inc. secured by a first lien in certain drillships
Carlyle Power Partners in the negotiation of commodity and interest rate hedges in connection with the acquisition by Carlyle on behalf of its affiliate, Hamilton Projects Acquiror, in a $1.015 billion syndicated Term Loan B to finance the acquisition of the 829 MW Panda Patriot and the 829 MW Panda Liberty power generation facilities
Pacific Drilling S.A. in a combined $2 billion financing, including a super-priority revolving facility and pari passu Term Loan B and 144A secured notes
Double Eagle Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in a $1 billion syndicated, reserve-based credit facility
Jonah Energy LLC, one of the leading sustainable natural gas producers in the U.S., in its inaugural securitized financing transaction involving $750 million of fully amortized notes backed by a portion of Jonah’s producing assets
Total Operations and Production Services in an upsize to its existing credit facility, bringing total commitments to $565 million
Citadel Energy Marketing LLC in a $400 million credit support facility to support the obligations of Guzman Energy LLC, a wholesale power provider with respect to up to 500 megawatts of purchased electrical generation capacity
Crowley Holdings, a maritime, energy and logistics solutions company, in connection with a $300 million preferred equity investment in its subsidiary, Crowley Preferred Funding, LLC, from Global Infrastructure Partners and an affiliate of Crowley
Enviva Partners, world’s largest producer of sustainable wood pellets, in a $850 million joint term loan and revolving credit facility agented by Barclays Bank
Bastion Energy Topco, a portfolio company of Ares and Citadel, in a $1 billion acquisition financing of a portfolio of non-operated oil and gas leases, mineral interests and overriding royalty interests, including a syndicated, reserved-based revolving credit facility
AMP Capital Investors (US) Limited in the out-of-court financial restructuring of Ocean Point Terminals (fka Limetree Bay Terminals) and certain affiliates under which AMP Capital will provide up to $100 million in new capital to Ocean Point Terminals
Stronghold Digital Mining Holdings LLC, a Bitcoin mining company, as borrower, in a $58 million senior secured term loan with an alternative lender, including the issuance of warrants
Black Stone Minerals Company in a $550 million syndicated, senior secured, reserve-based revolving credit facility
Funds managed by affiliates of Ares Management LLC in the financing of its acquisition of Atlas Crane Service LLC, a full-service crane rental provider, for approximately $187 million, paid in cash and rollover equity to the seller
Hedging agreement in connection with the financing by Gulf Coast Ammonia of a world-scale, hydrogen-based ammonia project in Texas
Loews Corporation on behalf of its subsidiary Continental Casualty Company, as investor in a $832.5 million securitization transaction to finance the acquisition of certain upstream subsidiaries from Noble Energy
Negotiation of hedging agreements in connection with a securitization transaction by Terra Energy Holdings LLC, consisting of a private placement of $525 million notes by Terra ABS I LLC
A hedge provider of oil and gas hedges in connection with an oil and gas securitization financing transaction involving the private placement of $640 million notes
Riverside Energy Michigan, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy and the largest producer of oil and natural gas in Michigan, in a securitization transaction involving the private placement of $240 million notes
Vitol Inc. as hedge provider in a number of domestic power projects
Credentials
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2006
- CUNY–Queens College, B.A., 2003
- IFLR1000, 2020–2023
- Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Commercial Lending, 2023 and 2024
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