Tatiana Lapushchik is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on representing the leading financial institutions, as well as corporate borrowers, in domestic and cross-border bank financings across a variety of industries, including healthcare, oil and gas, retail, technology, media and manufacturing.
Ms. Lapushchik’s bank financing practice is broad, and includes financings of acquisitions, recapitalizations and spin-offs, asset-based financings, investment grade commercial paper backstop facilities, liability management transactions and debt restructurings.
Ms. Lapushchik has represented the financing sources for numerous acquisitions, recapitalizations and spin-offs, including the credit facilities for United Technologies in connection with its pending acquisition of Goodrich, CKX, Inc. in connection with an acquisition by Apollo, AutoTrader.com in connection with an equity investment therein by Providence Equity Partners, Skype in connection with an acquisition by Silver Lake Partners and a consortium of other private equity investors of a 65% equity stake from eBay, Mars in connection with its acquisition of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Altria in connection with its acquisition of UST and PharMerica Corporation in connection with its formation as a stand-alone company in an asset spin-off by AmerisourceBergen and Kindred HealthCare.
Liability management transactions and debt restructurings represent a significant part of Ms. Lapushchik’s practice, and most recently she advised the arrangers and agents in connection with such transactions for Clear Channel, Travelport, HealthSouth, Blockbuster and Spectrum Brands. At the same time, Ms. Lapushchik has advised the financing sources for investment grade credit facilities, including those for Archer-Daniels-Midland, Pfizer, Best Buy and AmerisourceBergen.
In her corporate borrower representation practice, Ms. Lapushchik advised Air Products and Chemicals, United Airlines, Willbros Group, International Flavors & Fragrances, Time Warner and Grupo Lamosa in their negotiation of bank financing arrangements.
Ms. Lapushchik was named a leading lawyer in banking and finance by IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms in 2012. She was also recognized by The Legal 500 for her skill in bank lending in 2011.
Ms. Lapushchik was born in Minsk, Belarus. She received a B.A. summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1997 and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2000. Ms. Lapushchik joined Cravath in 2000 and became a partner in 2008.
Ms. Lapushchik may be reached by phone at 212-474-1442 or by email at tlapushchik@cravath.com.