People
Bjorn Bjerke
Biography
Bjorn represents borrowers, lenders, managers and investors in a broad range of complex financing arrangements including securitizations and other structured financings, acquisition financings and leveraged loans, repo facilities, commodity, equity, credit and fund linked derivatives and specialty fund financing facilities.
In addition, he has extensive experience representing investors, creditors and managers in complex restructurings, work-outs and acquisitions of distressed and non-performing assets. Bjorn is involved in all aspects of deal structuring, negotiation and documentation. He also advises clients on capital solutions, helping to structure and optimize financing across the capital stack to address complex funding needs and strategic objectives.
Practice areas
- Finance
- Investment grade debt
- Leveraged finance
- Derivatives
- Capital markets
- Structured finance, securitizations and CLOs
- Leveraged finance and high yield
- Fund finance and liquidity solutions
- Private equity
- Global loans and structured debt solutions
Sectors
- Financial institutions
- Fintech
- Private capital
- Private credit
- Banks
- Capital solutions
- Private equity
Selected experience
- NRG Energy in connection with a $750 million receivables financing arrangement and a related repo financing of subordinated note.
- Jefferies Finance in connection with various revolver CLOs with senior and junior VFN tranches and mezzanine funded tranches. Mariner Finance in connection with securitizations and warehouse facilities of consumer loans.
- Dell Financial Services in connection with securitization of receivables from equipment lease, loan agreements and contracts for the delivery of goods and services as well as conduit facilities for the financing of such receivables.
- Global container International in connection with a warehouse facility for the financing of containers and container leases.
- Bank of America as lead underwriter in connection with a $3bn structured inventory financing facility to Macys, Inc.
- Mizuho Securities (USA) in connection with a bridge financing to Sprint Communications, Inc. and a sale-lease-back spectrum financing transaction with Sprint.
- Mizuho Securities (USA) in connection with a term loan facility to Evercore Partners Inc.
- Underwriters and lenders in connection with consumer loan securitizations and warehouse facilities for OneMain Financial.
- Bank of America, N.A. in connection with a $3.1 billion sale and repurchase agreement financing transaction related to Amgen Inc.’s $10.5 billion purchase of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Suppliers, customers and financial institutions in connection with various factoring, supply finance, receivables securitizations, and other trade finance arrangements.
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, 1989 J.D., Oslo University, 1994 J.D., Columbia University, 1998 James Kent Scholar and John Ordronaux Prize Principal Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review Articles Editor, Columbia J. European Law
Admissions
- New York, 2001
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, England & Wales, 2024
- Patent & Trademark Office-DC-Federal - Bar Admitted, 2004 New York State (First Dept)-NY-State - Bar Admitted, 2001
Languages
- English
- Norwegian
- German