Dechert LLP advised Travel Leaders Group, one of the largest travel companies in the U.S., in connection with the refinancing of its outstanding senior secured credit facility and three recent transactions, including two acquisitions.

The Dechert team advising Travel Leaders Group in the refinancing was led by corporate partner Jeffrey Katz and included corporate partner Gregory Schernecke and tax partner Edward Lemanowicz, as well as corporate associates Shane Alexander, Shannon Cleary, Bertrand Choe, Thomas Ferte, and Benjamin Snyder, employee benefits associate Sarah Burke, and tax associates Steven Lorch and Amanda Read.

Dechert served as legal counsel to Travel Leaders Group in connection with its acquisition of The Andrew Harper Travel Office and The Andrew Harper Alliance, a full service luxury travel agency and amenity-driven hotel program.

The Dechert team advising Travel Leaders Group in the Andrew Harper acquisition – along with a transaction that included a significant investment from Travel Leaders Group into CruCon Cruise Outlet, one of the largest sellers of cruises – was led by corporate partners Gerrie Sinatra and Gregory Schernecke and included employee benefits and executive compensation partner Eric Rubin, tax partner Edward Lemanowicz, corporate associates Geneva Brown, Nicole Holden and Francesco Salpietro, intellectual property associate Jacob Bishop, real estate counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas, and tax associates Glen Ellsworth and Steven Lorch.

Additionally, Dechert also advised Travel Leaders Group in connection with its acquisition of Colletts Travel Limited, a luxury travel agency based in the UK. The Dechert team advising Travel Leaders Group was again led by Sinatra and Schernecke and included Brown as well as corporate partner Sean Geraghty, labor and employment partner Charles Wynn-Evans, corporate associates Deepa Parmar and Jessica Tschirdewhan, and labor and employment associate Alexis Westwood.