Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers PLLC

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, oil and gas transactions, M&A transactions, asset-based financings, DIP financings and exit financings.

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 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 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 Argonaut Private Equity fund in connection with obtaining financing for multiple portfolio companies.
  • Representation of McNellie’s Group in connection with the acquisition of a building in downtown Tulsa.




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

  • 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

kkincaid@fdlaw.com