CO-CHAIR, HOUSTON OFFICE
Cassandra Mott represents commercial banks and non-bank lenders, as well as private and public company borrowers and private equity portfolio companies, in a variety of commercial finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged buyouts related to acquisitions and recapitalizations, including asset-based, cash flow, and unitranche financings. According to Chambers USA, she is an “exceptional practitioner with great business sense.”
Cassandra has structured, negotiated, and documented senior, subordinated, mezzanine, and unitranche credit facilities of many types, including single, “club,” syndicated, general working capital, asset-based, cash flow, first lien and second lien, split lien, and multijurisdictional facilities. She also advises clients on intercreditor matters, helping them structure and negotiate transactions with multiple debt tranches and lien priorities. Her practice also includes advising clients on in-court and out-of-court debt restructurings.
She has worked on many transactions both domestically and internationally across a vast range of industries, such as oil and gas, chemicals, consumer products, healthcare, technology, retail, transportation, and manufacturing.
Cassandra is a frequent author and speaker on a variety of secured finance and diversity, equity, and inclusion matters.