Kyle T. Molidor

Partner

  • Kyle T. Molidor
  • Phone: +1 312 499 6754

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700
    Chicago, IL 60603-3433
    USA

Kyle T. Molidor practices in the area of corporate law. Mr. Molidor’s practice includes the representation of commercial banks, private equity funds, corporate borrowers and other participants in the financial services industry in a wide variety of corporate and finance transactions, including asset-based lending transactions, cash flow financings, acquisition financings, syndicated transactions, real estate transactions, sponsor backed private equity transactions, bridge debt facilities and corporate restructurings. Mr. Molidor’s experience spans various industries and specialty lending (including recurring revenue financing, manufacturing, tech, medical devices, SaaS revenue based financing and warehouse loans).

Mr. Molidor also represents private equity firms and private and public companies in structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other general corporate matters.

Mr. Molidor is a 2014 summa cum laude graduate of DePaul University College of Law, where he was Business Manager and Associate Editor of the DePaul Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif.

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Finance
  • Private Equity

Representative Matters

  • Represented The Partner Companies, LLC and all of their subsidiaries, in connection with the $70 million acquisition of a new operating company with subsidiaries in China, Barbados and the United Kingdom.

  • Represented The Partner Companies, LLC and all of their subsidiaries, in connection with the refinancing of 11 operating companies’ and 11 holding companies’ debt with The Huntington National Bank as administrative agent and two large banks as co-lenders, with loans totaling over $170 million.

  • Represented The Partner Companies, LLC and all of their subsidiaries, in connection with the amendment of all real estate companies’ debt with CIBC and Wheaton Bank & Trust Company, N.A., with loans totaling approximately $40 million.

  • Represented Popular Bank as agent and lead lender in a $13.1 million acquisition financing to refinance existing owners of a chain of rehab centers in the purchase of various facilities providing a wide variety of detox, inpatient and outpatient drug & alcohol rehab programs, and addiction treatment options to individuals in Nevada, Arizona, and California.

  • Represented Associated Bank as agent and lead lender in a $13 million acquisition financing to purchase a company that provides construction equipment rentals.

  • Represented CIBC Bank USA as administrative agent and lead lender in a $35,000,000 acquisition financing to InsideRE, LLC, which maintains a service platform for the residential real estate market, and its subsidiaries.

  • Represented CIBC Bank as lender in a secured financing with AppSpace, Inc., a communication software company.

  • Represented Balchem Corporation, a chemical manufacturer, and its U.S. subsidiaries in a $500 million syndicated secured financing with J.P. Morgan Chase as administrative agent.

  • Represented Byline Bank as agent and lead lender in a $25 million acquisition financing to Medix Specialty Vehicles, a designer and manufacturer of ambulances for use by municipalities and private contractors to provide essential services such as emergency response and patient transport.

  • Represented Byline Bank as agent and lead lender in a $15 million acquisition financing to Quality Importers Trading Co. and XIKAR, Inc., a designer, importer, and wholesaler of proprietary-branded and third-party branded cigar humidors, cigar accessories, and custom cigar box packaging products.

  • Represented Wintrust Bank as agent and lead lender in a $36,000,000 syndicated secured financing to a physician-inspired, minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic solutions company.

  • Represented. J.P. Morgan Chase as agent and lead lender in a $165 million syndicated secured financing to a meat processing company.

  • Represented Wintrust Bank as lender in a $21,000,000 secured financing to a classic cinema operator.

  • Represented California-based hospital ownership and management company in a refinancing transaction as part of a syndicated secured financing totaling over $300,000,000.

  • Represented Popular Bank as agent and lead lender in a $60,000,000 secured financing to a skilled nursing facility in New York.

  • Represented Fifth Third Bank as agent and lead lender in a $73 million syndicated acquisition financing to automotive aftermarket wholesale distributor Premier Performance and its subsidiaries.

  • Represented community-based hospital ownership and management company in a series of transactions involving the acquisition of three separate hospital campuses located in Chicago, IL, a joint venture for the acquisition of 22 free-standing emergency departments in Dallas, TX and the restructuring and refinancing of the client’s entire portfolio in three major markets in the U.S.

  • Represented a commercial bank and trust company in a complex secured loan to a high net worth borrower for the acquisition of a mega yacht registered in the Cayman Islands.

Admissions

  • Illinois

Education

  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2014
    - Business Manager and Associate Editor, DePaul Law Review
    - Order of the Coif
  • Miami University, B.A., cum laude, 2011

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2023-present
    - Associate, 2016-2022
  • Vedder Price P.C.
    - Associate, 2015-2016
  • Chapman and Cutler LLP
    - Associate, 2014-2015

Honors and Awards

  • Super Lawyers Chicago Rising Star
  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2021-2024

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Just City Legal Clinic

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Presenter, “Forbearance Agreements and Bankruptcy 101,” Silverman Consulting, June 16, 2023
  • Presenter, “Loan Agreement Basics and Demystifying Syndicated Transactions,” HTLF Bank, June 14, 2023 
  • Presenter, “Loan Documents 101 and Intercreditor Issues,” CIBC Bank USA, June 6, 2023,
  • Presenter, "Healthcare Financing Transactions 101," Strafford Webinar, May 10, 2023
  • Presenter, "Healthcare Finance Transactions: Documentation; Perfecting UCC Interests in Commercial and Governmental Receivables," Strafford Webinar, May 10, 2023
  • Presenter, "Accounts Receiveable as Collateral for Healthcare Financing," RMA Healthcare Lending Forum, June 13, 2019

  • Presenter, "Negotiating and Documenting Loan Agreements," Lincoln International LLC, February 6, 2019

  • Presenter, "Blockchain and Its Effects on Real Estate," FitzGerald Associates Architects, June 20, 2018

  • Presenter, "A Brief Introduction to Blockchain," CIBC Bank USA, May 1, 2018