Address: Boston: 33 Arch Street, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02110
Areas of Focus: Corporate; Private Equity Transactions; Private Credit; Leveraged Finance; Capital Solutions; Finance
Biography: 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.
Credentials: Education: J.D., Cornell Law School, 2013; B.S., Georgetown University, 2010 (magna cum laude) Bar Admissions: Massachusetts, 2013
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Insights: - Akin Advises Pharmakon in $100 Million Debt Financing for Paratek Pharmaceuticals and Radius Health Combination (March 19, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-pharmakon-in-dollar100-million-debt-financing-for-paratek-pharmaceuticals-and-radius-health-combination - Akin Advises Bain Capital Credit in Acquisition of California Pizza Kitchen IP (February 17, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-bain-capital-credit-in-acquisition-of-california-pizza-kitchen-ip - Akin Advises Lenders to OQ Chemicals on Recapitalisation (April 9, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-lenders-to-oq-chemicals-on-recapitalisation - Private Credit: Market Update and 2025 Outlook (February 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/private-credit-market-update-and-2025-outlook - Special Situations: Addressing Post-LME Protections in 2025 (January 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/special-situations-addressing-post-lme-protections-in-2025 - Akin Advises Constellis Holdings in Recapitalization Transaction (September 18, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-constellis-holdings-in-recapitalization-transaction - Trends in Special Situations & Private Credit 2024 (March 7, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/trends-in-special-situations-and-private-credit-2024 - Akin Advises Bain Capital Credit in Griffin Global Asset Management’s Acquisition of Rolls-Royce Spare Engines (November 1, 2023): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-bain-capital-credit-in-griffin-global-asset-managements-acquisition-of-rolls-royce-spare-engines
