Christopher A. Manion

Christopher A. Manion
Partner
Finance

Biography

Chris Manion concentrates his practice in commercial finance, with an emphasis on secured lending transactions.

Chris’ experience stretches across a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Asset based loans
  • Supply chain finance credit facilities
  • Commodity financings
  • Healthcare lending
  • Debtor-in-possession financings
  • Distressed loan workouts
  • Article 9 sales

Chris previously served as Senior Counsel for Flagship Credit Acceptance LLC, where he advised executive management on all aspects of auto loan warehousing, securitization, and residual financing, including compliance with Dodd-Frank Credit Risk Retention rules.

While in law school, Christopher was a member of the St. John’s Law Review.

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Experience

  • Agent in $80 million syndicated revolving credit facility for an interactive media company that owns a portfolio of lifestyle television networks, consumer brands, media commerce services, and online marketplaces, and subsequent debtor-in-possession credit facility provided to support the company’s Chapter 11 case.
  • Agent and lead arranger in $550 million syndicated facility to finance spinoff transaction for publicly traded commodity company.
  • Agent and lead arranger in $150 million syndicated facility to finance national equipment finance company.
  • Agent and arranger in $17 million debtor-in-possession credit facility supporting publicly traded medical equipment supply company's Chapter 11 case.
  • Agent and lead arranger in $103 million syndicated cross border revolving credit and term loan facility.
  • Borrower in $135 million demand facility for a metals commodity broker
  • Lender in various asset based loans to home healthcare services providers.
  • Lender in UCC Article 9 asset sale of advertising company.
  • Agent and lead arranger in a $100 million revolving credit and term loan facility to fund the acquisition of a manufacturer of pulp, paper, and containerboard with operations in the United States and Canada.
  • Lender in a $13 million term loan facility to fund the acquisition of a consulting and human resources outsourcing company.
  • Agent in a $26 million revolving credit and term loan facility to fund the acquisition of a leading lead metal products fabricator. 
  • Agent in a $50 million credit facility for a broadband and wireless communications service provider.
  • Agent in a $85 million credit facility used to finance the acquisition of a large chain of supermarkets in the southern United States.
  • Agent in a $15 million split lien revolving credit facility for a manufacturer of rack mount technologies and linear motion products.
  • Agent in a $67.5 million financing for a national distributer of fastening, packaging, and product assembly systems.

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Affiliations

Memberships

  • Secured Finance Network
  • American Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • New York

Education

  • Pennsylvania State University, BA
  • St. John's University School of Law, JD