Tim Johnston is a partner in the Finance Practice Group of the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP. He represents lenders and borrowers including international and regional banks, private equity funds and corporate borrowers in a wide range of finance transactions.

Tim regularly advises clients on asset-based finance, syndicated finance, mezzanine and second lien finance, and loan workouts, as well as on structuring and documenting cross-border financings. His clients are focused on a variety of sectors, including the energy industry and its related service providers and in the corporate and industrial spaces.

A leading practitioner in his field, Tim brings extensive experience, diligence, and active engagement to his practice. He has established longstanding relationships with his clients and has successfully guided many of them through the ups and downs of the credit cycle.

Bar Admissions
Texas; New York

Education
J.D., 2003, University of Texas School of Law, with honors
B.A., 2000, University of the South, magna cum laude

Significant Accomplishments
Asset-Based Lending

Industrial borrower in a $400 million syndicated cross-border, secured asset-based revolving credit facility and term loan
Administrative Agent in a $375 million U.S./Canadian/U.K./Singapore cross-border, multi-currency syndicated credit facility to an integrated manufacturer and distributor of oil field tubular products
Administrative Agent in a $1.05 billion cross-border secured asset-based lending revolving credit facility
Administrative Agent in a $275 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a janitorial supply distributor
Administrative Agent in a $220 million cross-border asset-based revolving credit facility for a forklift manufacturer
Administrative Agent in a $200 million asset-based revolving credit facility for a concrete producer
Administrative Agent in a $150 million cross-border revolving credit facility to a global pipeline contractor and its numerous U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries
Administrative Agent in a $50 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a proppants producer
Syndicated Finance

Corporate borrower in a $250 million secured revolving credit facility in connection with its acquisition of a supplier of mixed-signal semiconductor devices and audio solutions to the consumer electronics market
Delicatessen chain in a $150 million secured revolving and term credit facilities
Law firm in a $95 million secured revolving and term credit facilities and $65 million of subordinated notes
A private equity fund in a $35 million secured revolving and term credit facilities in connection with the acquisition of a manufacturing company
Mezzanine Finance

Mezzanine debt fund in the purchase of $24 million in subordinated notes from an industrial distribution company
Second lien lender in the purchase of $17.5 million in secured notes from a manufacturer of paper products
Mezzanine debt fund in the purchase of $50 million in subordinated notes from a financial technology company
Mezzanine debt fund in the purchase of $90 million in subordinated notes from a medical device manufacturer
Second lien lender in a $75 million secured second lien term loan credit facility to a business database company
Energy Finance

Exploration and production company in a $3.4 billion reserve based revolving credit facility
Exploration and production company in a $100 million secured term loan from an alternative lender
Exploration and production company in a $70 million reserve based and midstream credit facility
Gathering company in an $50 million secured term loan from an alternative lender
Midstream and water transfer company in a $100 million revolving credit facility
Alternative lender in a $25 million second lien term loan for an exploration and production company

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