Dalila J. Berry

Biography

Dalila Berry concentrates her practice in business and financing matters and counsels clients in accordance with their business needs. Dalila represents borrowers, banks, commercial finance companies, second-lien lenders, mezzanine lenders, and other institutional lenders in a wide range of financing transactions, including providing frequent counsel in the areas of:

Commercial lending and asset-based financing
Working capital and acquisition financing
Mezzanine and second lien financing
Middle-market and small business financing
Debtor-in-possession financing
ESOP Lending
Real estate lending
Healthcare lending
Multi-jurisdictional and multi-currency lending

Experience

Finance

Transition of select companies in loans to ESOP-owned companies as well as companies with 100% ESOP ownership and Sub S status
Beverage distributor in connection with $900 million syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility
Healthcare and long-term care companies in connection with $30 million working capital line
Construction and infrastructure company in connection with a syndicated $200 million term loan and revolving credit facility
Agent and lender in connection with $700 million syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility to publicly traded company
Agent and lender in connection with $100 million syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility to long term care acute hospitals
Agent and lender in connection with $85 million multi-jurisdictional (U.S., U.K., Belgium, Ireland and other European nations) and multi-currency term loan and revolving credit facility to software company

Workouts and Restructuring

Financial institution in structuring and negotiating a global workout and forbearance with a real estate developer with respect to multiple credit facilities in the aggregate in excess of $100 million
Agent and lender in forbearance, workout and eventual debtor-in-possession financing in connection with the $10 million financing of an education service company