Overview
Eric Manor is an associate in Chapman's Banking and Financial Services Department and a member of the Commercial Lending Group. He represents financial institutions, including banks and specialty finance firms, in the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of a variety of lending transactions.
Prior to law school, Eric was a tax senior associate in the Banking, Capital Markets, and Insurance (BMCI) Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he received his CPA license.
Representative Matters
- Represented Clairvest Group Inc., Clairvest Equity Partners VI, and Rubico Gaming LLC in a financing of the Delaware Park casino and racetrack in Wilmington, Delaware
- Represented Perceptive Advisors, a life sciences-focused hedge fund, in a senior debt facility with warrants for Icagen, a provider of early drug discovery expertise to pharmaceutical and biotech companies
- Represented a life sciences company in connection with the structuring of a $40 million loan, with an additional accordion facility of up to $20 million and associated warrants, involving a European-headquartered investment firm
- Represented a hedge fund in connection with a $16 million senior secured term loan to a technology products and services company
Practice Focus
Admitted
North Carolina
Education
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2015
Bucknell University, B.S., cum laude, 2009
Notable Engagements
Acquisition and Financing of Delaware Park Casino and RacetrackChapman served as lead counsel to Clairvest Group Inc., Clairvest Equity Partners VI, and Rubico Gaming LLC in the acquisition and financing of the Delaware Park casino and racetrack in Wilmington, Delaware.
Chapter 11 Section 363 SaleChapman served as bankruptcy co-counsel to Avadim Health, Inc., a health care and wellness company, in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a European-based private credit alternative asset management firm in a section 363 sale process accomplished through a chapter 11 plan of reorganization. Prior to entering bankruptcy, Chapman also represented the Restructuring Committee of Avadim Health’s Board of Directors.
Acquisition of Measurement and Control Business of Emerson ElectricChapman represented Turnspire Capital Partners LLC, a special situations-focused private investment firm, in its acquisition of Daniel Measurement and Control, a global leader in providing measurement technologies and services for the energy industry, from Emerson Electric Co.