Mohsen Ghazi

Thoma Bravo in its pending acquisition of AxiomSL.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR), a multinational fast-food holding company comprised of Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Tim Hortons, in its $1.4 billion offering of second lien senior secured notes.

Representing a multibillion dollar distressed debt-focused investment manager in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a certain portfolio company pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Z Gallerie, LLC ― Representing Z Gallerie, LLC, a leading specialty retailer focused on fashion and art-conscious home décor with retail locations across the United States and a significant e-commerce platform, in its Chapter 11 case in Delaware.

Represented investor investing eligible gains into real estate development joint venture.

Westmoreland Coal Company ― Representing Westmoreland Coal Company and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Westmoreland”) in their Chapter 11 proceedings before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Westmoreland is the sixth largest North American coal producer, maintaining domestic coal operations in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Texas, New Mexico, and Ohio, and Canadian coal operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. At the time the cases were filed, Westmoreland had funded debt obligations of approximately $1.4 billion. Westmoreland is pursuing a sale of its mining operations and commenced its Chapter 11 cases with a restructuring support agreement entered into with a substantial majority of its key lender constituents.

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. — Represented Cobalt International Energy, Inc., and its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Cobalt is an independent offshore exploration and production company with significant assets in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico and offshore West Africa with approximately $2.8 billion of funded indebtedness.

Mission Coal Company, LLC — Represented Mission Coal Company, LLC and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and in the company’s successful pursuant to a plan of reorganization with the support of its DIP lenders.

Represented Charming Charlie, a Houston based specialty retailer focused on fashion jewelry, handbags, apparel, gifts and beauty products, in its Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As of the Petition Date, the Company operates more than 375 stores in the United States and Canada. Charming Charlie entered into a restructuring support agreement with a majority of its term loan lenders and equity sponsors which provides for a comprehensive financial and operational restructuring that will significantly reduce the Company’s funded debt obligations and establish a sustainable capital structure.

Represented Principal Real Estate Investors in the structuring and formation of a bespoke real estate fund, which included one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds as an investor.

Represented multiple real estate fund sponsor in joint ventures to acquire and own opportunity zone property.

Assisted in the formation and structuring of a $4 billion tech-focused buyout fund raised by San Francisco-based sponsor.

HGGC, in numerous transactions, including:

• its strategic investment in American Megatrends International
• the merger of Survey Sampling International and Research Now
• its acquisition of HelpSystems
• its acquisition of RPX (NASDAQ: RPXC)
• its acquisition of Nutraceutical (NASDAQ: NUTR)

Represented RiverGlade Capital in its partnership with Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics. 

Drafted multiple legal opinions in connection with complex inbound tax structuring issues for multibillion dollar international investment fund clients.

Prior to beginning his legal career, Mohsen worked in the financial industry where he structured, analyzed, and modeled futures and forward hedging contracts for a multi-billion dollar corporation. While in law school, he interned with a special situations hedge fund where he conducted fundamental valuation analysis on a variety of equity and debt instruments. As a summer associate in the restructuring department of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, he assisted in the implementation of various in and out-of-court creditors’ rights remedies for distressed debt and special situations investors.