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Wingstop Completes $480 Million Whole-Business Securitization
- Client News
- October 27, 2020
Paul, Weiss advised Wingstop Inc., an award-winning fast-casual restaurant chain with more than 1,200 locations worldwide, in its $480 million whole-business securitization. The deal was backed by existing and future franchise and development agreements, existing and future company-operated restaurant royalties, certain vendor rebate contracts and intellectual property.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Jordan Yarett, John Kennedy and Robert Zochowski, and counsel Evan Berman and Mikhel Schecter; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; tax partner Scott Sontag; restructuring partner Kyle Kimpler; employee benefits counsel Uri Horowitz; and litigation counsel Steven Herzog.