Buchalter Nemer Represents California Bank & Trust in $13.2 Million Leveraged Acquisition Financing
August 28,2006Los Angeles - Buchalter Nemer
represented California Bank & Trust in the structuring, negotiation
and closing of a $13.2 million senior secured revolving and term loan
facility to Champion Irrigation, LLC, Champion-Arrowhead, LLC and
Arrowhead Brass Products, LLC.
Champion Irrigation, LLC is a
leading provider of sprinklers, actuators, valves and other irrigation
products based in El Monte, California and the financing was obtained
in order to acquire the outstanding equity of Arrowhead Brass Products,
LLC, a leading manufacturer of high quality, rough brass plumbing
valves and wall hydrants based in Los Angeles, California. California
Bank & Trust, a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation (Nasdaq: ZION),
is one of the largest banks based in the State of California with
nearly $9 billion in assets and more than 90 branch offices. For
additional information, visit www.calbanktrust.com.
Buchalter
Nemer attorneys Richard Goldstein, Czar Vigil and Eric Altoon handled
the transaction for California Bank & Trust.
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