Pillsbury advised Diamond Sports Group, LLC (“DSG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and the largest owner of regional sports networks in the United States, in connection with a series of debt restructuring transactions resulting in DSG obtaining a new $635 million first lien term loan credit facility, the exchange of over $6.2 billion of DSG’s existing term loans and secured notes for new second lien term loans and second lien secured notes, respectively, the exchange of DSG’s existing revolving credit facility for a $227.5 million second lien revolving credit facility and the redemption of DSG’s 12.750% secured notes due 2026.

The cross-office Pillsbury team included Corporate partner Jeffrey Grill and associates Charlie Guinn and Robert Shoemaker, Finance partners Joseph Fastiggi and Joel Simon, senior counsel Kenneth Suh, special counsel Jin Kim and associates Daniel Welch, Sacha Urbach and Jack Price, and Tax partner Nora Burke.