• Terrence L. Shen represents public and private companies, financial institutions, investment funds, and government entities in connection with corporate finance and securities transactions and mergers and acquisitions. In his corporate finance and securities practice, Terry advises on debt and equity public offerings and private placements, leveraged finance transactions, financial restructurings, recapitalizations, and securities regulation. In his mergers and acquisitions practice, he counsels clients in structuring, negotiating and realizing public and private acquisitions and divestitures, private equity investments, and joint ventures. Terry also advises public companies on regulatory compliance, reporting and disclosure requirements, investor communications, corporate governance, and investigations. He has practiced both in the U.S. and internationally.

    Terry draws on his prior work as an investment banker and his experience in business and financial analysis to provide legal advice that reflects his clients’ commercial perspectives and helps them meet their business objectives.

    Terry is a member of the firm’s Attorneys of Color Affinity Group.

    Experience

    • Represented XMS Capital Partners LLC as sole placement agent in a $500 million debt exchange and private placement of 2.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2030 of Exact Sciences Corp.

    • Represented FinWise Bancorp in its $42.3 million initial public offering.

    • Represented MVC Capital Inc. in its merger with Barings BDC Inc. resulting in a combined business development company with more than $1.5 billion of assets under management.

    • Represented (a) RBC Capital Markets, UBS Securities LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, and Chain Bridge Opportunistic Funding LLC as lead arrangers, (b) Royal Bank of Canada, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, Credit Suisse AG and Chain Bridge as initial lenders and (c) Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent and collateral agent in connection with a committed financing for the acquisition of Navigant Consulting Inc. by Veritas Capital and Guidehouse LLP in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion.

    • Represented Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch as sole bookrunner, sole lead arranger and an initial lender in connection with first lien committed financings for Thoma Bravo portfolio company Quorum Business Solutions (U.S.A.) Inc.’s acquisition of Oil & Gas Information Systems Incorporated.

    • Represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Silicon Valley Bank and MUFG Union Bank N.A. as joint lead arrangers and co-syndication agents; Bank of the West, BBVA USA, Citizens Bank N.A. and Regions Bank as co-documentation agents; BMO Capital Markets Corp., Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Silicon Valley Bank, MUFG Union Bank N.A, Citizens Bank N.A., BBVA USA, Regions Bank, Bank of the West, UMPQUA BANK, City National Bank, Cadence Bank N.A., Huntington National Bank, Siemens Financial Services Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lenders; and Bank of Montreal as administrative agent in connection with a committed financing – which includes a $75 million revolving credit facility and a $380 million first-lien term loan facility – for the acquisition of Aerohive Networks Inc. by Extreme Networks Inc. and its affiliates.

    • Represented RBC Capital Markets, KKR Capital Markets LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Société Générale as joint lead arrangers; Royal Bank of Canada, KKR Corporate Lending (CA) LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, BNP Paribas and Société Générale as lenders; and Royal Bank of Canada as first lien facility administrative agent and collateral agent and KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as second lien facility administrative agent in connection with a committed financing – which includes a $100 million revolving credit facility, an $875 million first-lien term loan facility and a $225 million second-lien term loan facility – for the acquisition of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. by Siris Capital Group LLC and its affiliates.

    • Represented Piper Jaffray Finance LLC, as lead arranger, in connection with a first-lien term loan facility and a revolving facility for the acquisition of ITI Holdings Inc., a leader in hardware and software system integration services as well as providing printing and delivery solutions to motor vehicle agencies in North America, by an affiliate of Arlington Capital Partners.

    • Represented RBC Capital Markets, Barclays Bank PLC and BMO Capital Markets Corp. as lead arrangers; Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Montreal and Chain Bridge Opportunistic Funding, LLC as initial lenders; and Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent and collateral agent in connection with a committed financing – which includes a $50 million revolving credit facility, a $320 million first-lien term loan facility and a $130 million second-lien term loan facility – for the acquisition of Cambium Learning Group, Inc. by Veritas Capital and its affiliates.

    • Represented UBS Securities LLC, as lead arranger, and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as a lender, in connection with a $300 million first-lien term loan facility for the acquisition of Seawolf Resources Holdings LP, a leader in the groundwater production industry, by an affiliate of KLR Group Investments LLC.

    • Represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in connection with a committed financing – which includes a $75 million revolving credit facility, a $600 million first-lien term loan facility and a $175 million second-lien term loan facility – for the acquisition of GE Healthcare’s Value-Based Care Division by Veritas Capital and its affiliates.

    • Represented Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and other underwriters in a $288 million secondary public offering by selling shareholders of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

    • Represented Gener8 Maritime Inc. in its $236.3 million initial public offering.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $3 billion merger with Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc. to create Gener8 Maritime Inc.

    • Represented General Maritime Corporation in securing a $125 million private equity line provided by affiliates of Avenue Capital Group, BlackRock Inc., BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Monarch Alternative Capital LP, Oaktree Capital Management LP, Twin Haven Special Opportunities Fund IV LP and other private equity investors.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $735 million acquisition of seven crude oil tanker newbuildings from Scorpio Tankers Inc.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in securing $435 million in private equity investments from affiliates of Aurora Resurgence Capital Partners II LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Oaktree Capital Management LP, Twin Haven Special Opportunities Fund IV LP and other private equity investors.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $1.3 billion Chapter 11 financial restructuring.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $50 million “at the market” registered shelf offering of common stock.

    • Represented General Maritime Corporation in securing a $200 million investment comprising a pay-in-kind third lien credit facility and warrants for common stock from an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management LP.

    • Represented General Maritime Corporation in its $62 million sale/leaseback of three product tankers to affiliates of Northern Shipping Fund Management Bermuda Ltd.

    • Represented General Maritime Corporation in its $207 million registered shelf offering of common stock.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $620 million acquisition of five crude oil tankers and two crude oil tanker newbuildings from companies affiliated with the Metrostar Management Corp.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its private placement and registered exchange offer of $300 million of its 12% senior notes due 2017.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $2 billion stock-for-stock combination with Arlington Tankers Ltd.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $500 million dividend recapitalization.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $155 million share repurchase of its common stock from an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management LP.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $287 million tender offer and consent solicitation for its 10% senior notes due 2013.

    • Represented Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. n its $270 million registered shelf offering of common stock.

    • Represented Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and other underwriters in the $3 billion registered shelf offering by The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. of its 7.25% global notes due 2018.

    • Represented Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and other underwriters in the $201 million initial public offering of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

    • Represented Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. in its sale of Bear Stearns’ mutual fund business, with $3 billion of money market assets and $1.7 billion of long-term assets, to The Dreyfus Corp., a subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corp.

    • Represented ING Investment Management Co. in the sale of its Delta Asset Management Division, with $4 billion of equity assets, to Berkeley Capital Management LLC.

    • Represented United Refining Co. in its private placement and registered exchange offer of $200 million of its 10.5% senior notes due 2012.

    • Represented United Refining Co. in its private placement and registered exchange offer of $125 million of its 10.5% senior notes due 2012.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., Columbia Law School, 1995
      • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
      • John M. Olin Law and Economics Junior Fellow
    • A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College, 1992

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 1996

    Professional Affiliations

    • American Bar Association
    • New York City Bar Association
    • Asian American Bar Association of New York, President 2021 – 2022