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Alex Horn is a corporate finance lawyer in Raleigh who helps clients navigate complex financing transactions with confidence and clarity. He focuses on private equity and debt finance, with a particular emphasis on representing a variety of private funds, including Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).
Alex advises investment funds, private equity sponsors, and companies with capital needs on a wide range of financing matters including syndicated and single-lender credit facilities, structured credit, mezzanine and second lien financings, equity investments, leveraged buyouts, workouts and restructurings. Whether he’s structuring a deal or guiding a client through a restructuring, Alex brings technical expertise, practical insights and a solutions-oriented approach to every engagement.
- Legal 500’s North Carolina Elite, Finance and Restructuring, 2026
- Best Lawyers: Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026-2027)
General
Structured and negotiated a wide range of debt and equity financings banks, private credit funds and issuers, including first and second lien loans, unsecured mezzanine financing, unitranche debt, preferred and common equity co-investments, and warrant/equity kickers.
Representative matters include:
Structured Finance
- Advised a private credit fund in connection with financing of trade receivables.
- Represented a private credit fund in connection with financing of an investor in emerging markets under a U.S. government guarantee program.
- Represented a consumer finance company in connection with securitization of lease receivables.
- Represented a motorcycle leasing company in connection with securitization of lease receivables.
- Advised a private equity sponsor in connection with multiple financings and refinancings of class action settlement claims administrator.
Litigation Finance
- Advised a private credit fund on multiple litigation financings ranging from $20-55M.
Syndicated Loans
- Represented $300M private credit fund in connection with leverage facility and fund formation matters.
- Advised a publicly traded water supplier on a $195 million credit facility used to acquire a publicly traded competitor in a $263 million cash-and-stock transaction.
- Advised a private equity-backed food group on financing the acquisition of a UK-based food company.
- Structured financing and refinancing for a logistics company’s construction of a roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel.
- Advised a mutual fund complex on its investments in syndicated credit facilities.
- Represented one of the nation’s largest privately-held office supply companies in securing $137.5 million in senior secured credit facilities.
- Structured $94 million in U.S. and CAD 236 million in Canadian credit facilities for subsidiaries of one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, owned by the Malaysian government.
- Advised a national fast-casual bakery and café franchisor on its $112 million senior secured revolving credit facility.
Restructuring
- Guided an SBIC fund through the restructuring of a $31 million subordinated debt and equity investment in a marketing and customer engagement company.
- Represented a publicly-traded business development company in the complex restructuring of debt and equity investments in an industrial fluid reprocessing company, including multi-tranche investments and debtor-in-possession financing during a Chapter 11 proceeding.
- Helped institutional mezzanine funds navigate distressed investments, including the restructuring and eventual Article 9 sale of portfolio companies in the luxury retail and packaging supply sectors.
- North Carolina State Bar
- S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts