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Michael Makhotin

Michael Makhotin

Partner

212.701.3780
mmakhotin@cahill.com
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
32 Old Slip
New York, NY 10005

Practices

Education

  • New York University School of Law, LL.M., 2007, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholarship
  • Law School of St. Petersburg State University, Law Degree, 2003, summa cum laude

Admission

  • New York

Michael Makhotin is a partner in the New York office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, where his practice is primarily focused on banking and finance and capital markets matters.

He represents investment banks, debt funds, commercial banks, private equity sponsors, and corporations in public and private domestic and cross-border bank financing transactions and debt capital markets transactions, including syndicated and pro rata term loan and revolving credit facilities, asset-based and reserve-based facilities, bridge facilities, direct lending facilities, mezzanine and back-leverage facilities, debt offerings, and high yield bond placements.

Mike has advised borrowers, arrangers, and initial purchasers in connection with acquisition and spin-off financings, including financings of leveraged buyouts of McGraw-Hill Education, Inc., Rehlko and Club Car, financings of acquisition of DigitalGlobe, Inc. by Maxar Technologies and acquisition of CDM Group by USA Compression Partners, and financing of spin-off of Phinia Inc. Mike has also represented debt financing sources in connection with multi-billion dollar syndicated financings for BroadStreet Partners, Bausch Health Companies Inc., and Vivint Smart Home. He has practiced in a variety of industries such as healthcare, construction and real estate, automotive, manufacturing, maritime and ground transportation, oil and gas, oilfield services, energy, chemical, financial, retail trade, communications, education, and entertainment.

Mike’s representations include:

  • Debt financing sources in connection with Term Loan B and revolving credit facilities in an aggregate amount of $4.15 billion for BroadStreet Partners
  • Lead arrangers in connection with $3.48 billion cross-border syndicated credit facilities for Bausch Health Companies Inc.
  • Initial purchasers and lead arrangers in connection with $1.25 billion credit facilities and multiple Rule 144A notes offerings in an aggregate amount of $975 million for Phinia Inc.
  • Investment banks in connection with arrangement of $1.72 billion syndicated credit facilities for APX Group, Inc. (Vivint Smart Home)
  • Debt financing sources in connection with Term Loan B and revolving credit facilities in an aggregate amount of $1.7 billion used to finance the acquisition of McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.
  • Lead arrangers in connection with dollar- and euro-denominated Term Loan B facilities in an aggregate amount of over $1.6 billion used to finance the acquisition of Discovery Energy Holding Corporation (Rehlko)
  • Lead arrangers in connection with $775 million credit facilities used to finance the acquisition of MajorDrive Holdings IV, LLC (Club Car)

Prior to joining Cahill, Mike also represented:

  • Maxar Technologies Ltd. in connection with the upsizing of its revolving credit facilities, Term Loan A and Term Loan B facilities to $3.75 billion in the aggregate to finance the acquisition of DigitalGlobe, Inc.
  • A top U.S. private equity fund in connection with a $1.25 billion Term Loan B facility and $100 million super priority revolving credit facility to finance the acquisition of an operator of pipelines and processing facilities
  • Lead arrangers in connection with a $1.3 billion secured bridge facility for the acquisition of a non-controlling interest in a gas processing facility
  • Debt financing sources in connection with a $1 billion secured revolving credit facility for Transocean Inc., an international drilling rig operator
  • USA Compression Partners, LP in connection with the upsizing of its asset-based credit facility to finance the acquisition of CDM group