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About Derek

Derek Reusche focuses his practice on financing transactions, primarily in the energy industry. Derek represents lenders and borrowers in syndicated, secured and unsecured, and asset-based credit facilities. 

Prior to law school, Derek worked as a private equity accountant for a multinational investment management company.

Experience

Recent Notable Matters

Standard Solar — represented Standard Solar, as borrower, in a back leverage loan transaction supporting several portfolios comprised of commercial & industrial and community solar projects located across the US

Clean Energy Nexus PR LLC — bilateral credit facility to finance the development of commercial distributed generation solar projects in Puerto Rico

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association — as lender, administrative agent and collateral agent in the successfully completed exit financing for Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. and certain affiliates. The exit financing included approximately $400 million in a revolving credit facility, $100 million in a term loan and over $85 million in privately placed notes.

Credentials

Education

University of Michigan Law School,
J.D.
2019
Coe College,
B.A.
2015
cum laude

Bar Admissions

Texas

News

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University of Michigan Law School
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
Articles Editor