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John S. Gawey

Mr. Gawey has experience representing commercial banks, investment banks, private equity funds and other borrowers in connection with a variety of lending transactions, including acquisition and leveraged financings, tribal finance transactions, M&A transactions, asset-based lending (including reserve-based lending for oil and gas transactions) and general working capital facilities.

Biography

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Gawey was an associate with White & Case LLP in New York from 2013 to 2018. After law school, Mr. Gawey served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles R. Wilson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Mr. Gawey received a B.A. in Letters summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma. He graduated magna cum laude from Notre Dame Law School. In law school, Mr. Gawey was a member of the Notre Dame Law Review.

REPRESENTATIVE RECENT ENGAGEMENTS

  • Representation of Argonaut Private Equity fund in connection with obtaining financing for multiple portfolio companies.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent and lead arranger, in connection with the arrangement of $650 million in senior secured credit facilities to finance working capital and construction needs of a tribal gaming subsidiary.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as lender, in connection with a $300 million senior secured term loan facility to a tribal gaming enterprise.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as lender, in connection with a $325 million senior secured credit facility for an oil and gas exploration company located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent in connection with $500 million in senior secured credit facilities for tribal gaming operations in Oklahoma.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent in connection with a $200 million credit facility provided to a Tribe to finance the construction of a hospital in Oklahoma, including a tax-exempt loan facility.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent in connection with a $187.5 million senior secured credit facility for tribal gaming operations in Oklahoma.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent in connection with a $500 million unsecured credit facility to finance the working capital needs of AAON, Inc., a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment manufacturer.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with $160 million in senior secured credit facilities for a furniture retailer.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as administrative agent and lead arranger, in connection with the arrangement of $130 million in senior secured financing for a midstream oil and gas company.
  • Representation of BOKF, NA, as lender, in connection with a senior secured $35 million revolving line of credit to a construction materials company.




Undergraduate:

University of Oklahoma, B.A., 2009, Letters, Summa Cum Laude

 

Law:

Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2012, Magna Cum Laude; Member of the Notre Dame Law Review

New York, 2013

Oklahoma, 2013

Texas, 2025

  • Incremental facilities: another example of European and US loan market convergence, 3 JIBFL 151 (2017) (with Ben Wilkinson, Andrew Vickers and Jake Mincemoyer).
  • The Hobbs Leviathan: The Dangerous Breadth of the Hobbs Act and Other Corruption Statutes, 87 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 383 (2013).

Katie Kincaid

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