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Jonathan D. Wry

Partner
Assistant
Myra Carvalho212.508.6100 x6508
Mr. Wry's practice includes experience in acquisition finance, syndicated loans, first lien/second lien financings, bridge financing, asset-based lending, letter of credit financings, sports finance, project finance, international joint ventures, securitizations and restructurings. His clients have included commercial banks, private investment/equity firms, real estate investors, sports teams, insurance companies, power companies, cell tower providers, and national and international retail, health care and hospitality chains.
Representative Matters
Counsel to Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, in connection with $500,000,000 Credit Agreement with CEC Entertainment, Inc. (Chuck E. Cheese’s family restaurants).
Counsel to Société Générale, as Agent, in a $100,000,000 non-recourse term loan and lease financing for a bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corporation formed to finance the installation of digital cinema equipment and monetize payment streams from movie studios with respect to digital releases.
Counsel to private investment fund, as Lender, in connection with a $67,000,000 bilateral secured term loan facility with a luxury hotel and real estate company.
Counsel to JMB Capital Partners, as Lender, in connection with a $4,000,000 debtor-in-possession credit facility with Olde Prairie Block Owner, LLC.
Counsel to ad hoc prepetition secured lender group and to Jefferies Finance LLC, as Agent, in connection with $210,000,000 debtor-in-possession credit facility with casino company Greektown Holdings, LLC.
Counsel to bondholder group in connection with the exchange of $1,100,000,000 in unsecured bonds for new secured first lien and second lien notes of information management technology provider Unisys Corporation.
Counsel to JSC Bank Centercredit, a bank organized in Kazakhstan, as Borrower, in connection with $115,000,000 in credit facilities with Citibank International and the International Finance Corporation.
Represented Société Générale, as Agent and hedge provider, in its first and second lien $300,000,000 revolver and committed gas hedging facility for MxEnergy Inc.
Counsel to Arcadia Petroleum Limited and Parnon Storage Incorporated, as Borrower, in connection with $54,000,000 oil storage project loan facility with ING Capital LLC.
Counsel to bondholder group and to Wells Fargo Bank, as Agent, in connection with the exchange of unsecured bonds for $300,000,000 in new recap secured loans of timber company Tembec Industries Inc.
Counsel to J. Aron & Company/Goldman Sachs, as secured hedge counterparty, in connection with intercreditor agreement and security and ISDA documentation with biodiesel provider.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent and Lender, in connection with $4,445,000,000 acquisition credit facility to Realogy Corporation/Ripplewood.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent and Lender, in connection with $1,610,000,000 acquisition credit facility to The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc./Apollo.
Counsel to international hotel chain Kerzner International Limited, as Borrower, in connection with $575,000,000 going private credit facility with Credit Suisse.
Counsel to Nets Sports and Entertainment, LLC, Brooklyn Basketball, LLC and New Jersey Basketball, LLC, as Borrowers, in connection with several tranches of financing aggregating $225,000,000, including credit facilities with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., GSP Finance and Fortress Credit Corp., participation in the NBA league-wide financing program and sponsor loans.
Counsel to cell tower company Global Tower, LLC/Blackstone, as Borrower, in connection with $420,000,000 credit facility with Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc.
Counsel to energy provider International Transmission Company/KKR, as Borrower, in connection with $265,000,000 revolving credit facilities with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Credit Suisse.
Counsel to health services provider National Mentor, Inc./Vestar, as Borrower, in connection with $480,000,000 acquisition credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Counsel to Sears Roebuck & Co./Orchard Supply Hardware LLC, as Borrower, in connection with $130,000,000 credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent and Lender, in connection with $2,700,000,000 credit facility to auto parts manufacturer Lear Corporation.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent and Lender, in connection with securitization transactions aggregating $1,450,000,000 to international agricultural company Bunge Limited.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent and Lender, in connection with $650,000,000 bridge credit facilities to Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.
Counsel to insurer Bristol West Holdings, Inc./KKR, as Borrower, in connection with $125,000,000 credit facility with ING Capital LLC.
Counsel to Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., as Agent and Lender, in connection with $125,000,000 credit facility to ACE Cash Express, Inc./JLL Partners.
Counsel to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Agent and Lender, in connection with $265,000,000 credit facility to beauty products company Natural Products Group/Harvest Partners.
Counsel to Barclays Bank plc, as Agent and Lender, in connection with $400,000,000 credit facility to Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited.
Counsel to The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Agent and Lender, in connection with $500,000,000 credit facility to Calpine Corporation.
Counsel to The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bayerische Landesbank and HSH Nordbank, as LC Issuers, in connection with various letter of credit facilities to Calpine Corporation.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1997
B.A., cum laude, Duke University, 1993
Bar Admissions
New York
Affiliations
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York