Mr. Imhof’s recent experience includes advising:

• a major U.S. bank as administrative agent, collateral agent, security trustee and lender in connection with a US$628 million senior secured revolving and term loan facility for and payment-in-kind toggle notes issued by Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., in connection with its exit from United States Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and in each case secured by first-preferred fleet mortgages on thirteen Marshall Islands flagged drilling rigs and drill ships;
• a New York-based shipping company in connection with a US$81 million sale-leaseback transaction involving a Chinese leasing company and two newbuild 25,000 DWT ECO-class Marshall Islands flagged stainless steel chemical carriers;
• an affiliate of a major European bank as agent, mandated lead arranger, book runner and lender in connection with a US$190 million syndicated revolving credit facility for a leading container lessor and secured by a segregated pool of containers and related assets;
• HSH Nordbank AG as secured creditor in connection with the U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization of Nautilus Holdings Ltd. and its affiliates, and the acquisition by HSH Nordbank AG’s nominees of five container vessels and related agreements from affiliates of Nautilus Holdings Ltd. pursuant to its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization;
• the lenders, agents and joint lead arrangers in connection with the US$365 million syndicated senior secured pre-delivery financing of four 49,600 DWT coastwise-eligible (Jones Act) product tankers for operating companies owned by New York-based private equity funds;
• Alterna Capital Partners LLC, a private equity firm, on the establishment of a joint venture with Mid Ocean Marine LLC to purchase a partially built 49,000 DWT coastwise-eligible (Jones Act) product tanker from the bankruptcy estate of AHL Shipping Company;
• New York-based private equity funds in connection with a US$500 million joint venture to build five 49,000 DWT coastwise-eligible (Jones Act) product tankers, and the subsequent restructuring of the joint venture and related offering of US$285 million in first-priority senior secured notes in a transaction that won Marine Money International’s Deal of the Year Award for U.S. Public Debt; and
• the project sponsor in connection with a US$488 million loan facility provided by a leading multinational development bank and a syndicate of commercial banks to finance the construction and operation of a semi-submersible drilling vessel for use in Brazilian territorial waters.