Christine DeMaere Hoke

Associate

Charlotte

+1.704.331.7495

Fax +1..704.353.3195

Primary Practice

Corporate

Secondary Practices

Education

J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 2005, (cum laude, Florida State Business Review, Member)
B.A., North Carolina State University, 2002, (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi)

Admissions

Bar of North Carolina

Ms. Hoke focuses her practice on commercial lending, corporate finance and private equity and mezzanine financing. She regularly represents both lenders and borrowers in connection with the negotiation of secured and unsecured syndicated credit facilities, asset based loans, and acquisition financings. Her clients include public and privately held corporations, private equity and mezzanine investment funds and leading national banks. In addition, Ms. Hoke represents clients in a variety of financial restructuring, M&A and other corporate transactions.

Professional/Civic Activities

North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, Charlotte Women's Bar, Member
Arts and Science Council Young Donors Society, Steering Committee Member
Junior League of Charlotte, Member
Myers Park Presbyterian Church, (Member)

Represented administrative agent in its negotiation of a $33 million syndicated secured credit facility with three separate tranches (term loan, mortgage term loan and a revolving credit facility) to a large chemical service provider with warehouses around the country.
Represented administrative agent in its negotiation of a $30 million revolving senior secured credit facility to a tower company, owning and leasing more that 3,000 communication towers in 47 states.
Represented administrative agent in its negotiation of a $55 million acquisition finance syndicated senior secured credit facility to a contract research organization that conducts global clinical development programs.
Represented administrative agent to both the first and second lien lenders in connection with a (a) $110 million first lien senior secured credit facility and (b) $30 million second lien senior secured credit facility to a newspaper publisher.
Represented telecommunications company, as borrower, in its negotiation of a $135 million syndicated credit facility.
Represented administrative agent in its negotiation of a $90 million syndicated secured credit facility for a jewelry retailer.
Represented lender in its negotiation of a $13.5 million secured credit facility to fund a leveraged recapitalization of a stockcar racing company.
Represented a steel manufacturer, as borrower, in its negotiation of an asset-based secured $32.5 million revolving credit facility.
Represented private equity mezzanine debt investor in the financing of a Canadian information technology company's acquisition and subsequent subsidiary spin-off of a British information technology company.
Represented large North Carolina-based office equipment dealer in connection with its acquisition by a subsidiary of an international electronics company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Represented private equity sponsor in a leveraged acquisition of a leading provider of mission critical data networks.