Michael E. Bielby, Jr.
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, TX 75201
The most interesting part for me is learning about how both my lender and borrower clients make money. Learning about their businesses, how they achieve success, and how they plan to continue that success. That understanding allows me to offer better counsel on a given transaction. Michael E. Bielby, Jr. is financial lawyer with a broad range of experience, primarily helping commercial lenders and borrowers negotiate loans.
His experience with different types of complex loan structures allows him to bring creative solutions to the table. Mike helps his clients navigate a variety of debt financing and hybrid investment transactions, including senior-secured, junior-secured, and mezzanine loans, sponsored- and non-sponsored acquisition financings, and structured financings.
Mike represents commercial banks, private equity and private debt firms, special situation investors, other alternative lenders, and public and private borrowers in a variety of industries, including consumer retail, transportation, manufacturing, medical technology, health care, financial services, and social media.
Mike is a member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee and sits on the Dallas office’s Diversity Committee. He is also co-chair of the Dallas Bar Association Home Project Committee, which partners with Habitat for Humanity.
Experience Highlights
A lead left arranger and administrative agent in a $1.39 billion unsecured revolving credit facility provided to a public natural gas storage, transportation and processing company
A special situations investor and its co-investors in a $247.5 million secured term loan credit facility provided to a grid-scale solar generation project development and construction business
A private debt capital fund and its co-investor in a $65 million second lien term loan to acquire a custom flavor manufacturing business
Daseke, Inc., as borrower, under credit facilities and related debt financing commitments established to support Daseke, Inc.’s merger with a special purpose acquisition company and emergence as a publicly traded company
A special situations investor in its role as lender under $129 million of revolver and multi-draw term loan prepetition and DIP financing provided to a private cinema chain
A lead left arranger and administrative agent in a $1.39 billion unsecured revolving credit facility provided to a public natural gas storage, transportation and processing company
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lead arranger, in a $145 million revolving credit facility to a midstream crude oil and natural gas services business
An oil and gas exploration and development company in connection with $100 million reserve-based senior secured revolving credit facility
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lead arranger, in a $1.8 billion revolving credit facility provided to a midstream oil and gas holding company
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in a $650 million revolving credit facility and term loan to Southcross Energy Partners, LP
Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and lead arranger, in a combined $455 million of senior secured revolving credit facilities provided to several affiliated midstream oil and gas companies
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lead arranger, in a $170 million revolving credit facility provided to a midstream oil and gas company and its subsidiaries
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as lender, in a $50 million revolving credit facility provided to a midstream gas company and its subsidiaries
A lead left arranger in connection with $750 million senior secured revolving credit facility provided to midstream natural gas gathering and processing holding company
A private debt capital fund and its co-investor in a $65 million second lien term loan to acquire a custom flavor manufacturing business
A private debt capital fund in a $40 million subordinated term loan to acquire a pharmaceutical technology business
A private debt capital fund in a $26 million subordinated term loan to acquire a biotechnology development business
A special situations investor in a $93 million revolver and multi-draw term loan facility provided to a series of marine retail dealerships
A special situations investor and its co-investors in a $247.5 million secured term loan credit facility provided to a grid-scale solar generation project development and construction business
ArcBest Corporation, as borrower, in a $150 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit facility provided to a publicly traded trucking, transportation, and logistics company
An international specialty chemical science and manufacturing business in connection with combined $79 million of multi-currency senior secured revolving and term loan financing
Daseke, Inc., as borrower, under credit facilities and related debt financing commitments established to support Daseke, Inc.’s merger with a special purpose acquisition company and emergence as a publicly traded company
Credentials
- University of Illinois College of Law, J.D. magna cum laude, 2009 (Associate Editor, University of Illinois Law Review)
- University of Pittsburgh, College of Business Administration, B.S.B.A., Accounting and Finance summa cum laude, 2006
Dallas Bar Association Home Project Co-Chair, 2017-2018
- Texas
- Illinois