Sony Ben-Moshe is partner in our Finance Department and Co-Chair of the firm's Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure Industry Group, and former Co-Chair of the Latin America Practice. Mr. Ben-Moshe has significant experience representing clients in financings, acquisitions, and formation of joint ventures in the United States and abroad. His experience includes:

  • Structuring, documentation, and negotiation of banking finance transactions for leveraged and secured financing transactions, including LBOs
  • Representation of issuers and underwriters in connection with 144A offerings and private placements of debt instruments
  • Structuring and negotiation of various transactions involving private equity sponsors
  • Representation of various parties in connection with the formation of joint ventures
  • Development and financing of greenfield construction projects

Mr. Ben-Moshe has been recognized as a leading lawyer in:

  • Chambers USA for his work in Gaming & Hospitality
  • The Legal 500 Latin America for his work in Banking and Finance
  • The Legal 500 USA for his work in Real Estate and in Latin America
  • IFLR100 Energy and Infrastructure: Latin America
  • San Diego Daily Transcript as a Top Attorney for Real Estate & Construction
  • California Law Business, where he was previously named one of the Top 20 California lawyers under age 40

Mr. Ben-Moshe's experience includes the representation of sponsors, lenders, and underwriters in connection with:

  • US$750 million senior secured financing for Fitness International LLC (aka, LA Fitness)
  • US$8.7 billion in senior secured financing for Caesars Entertainment
  • Various senior secured facilities for US Ecology, Inc.
  • US$2.4 billion in senior secured financing for Red Rock Resorts
  • Various senior secured credit facilities for Omnicell, Inc.
  • Various corporate credit facilities for Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries
  • Sempra Energy in connection with various acquisitions of renewable energy projects
  • US$120 million senior secured acquisition financing for AZZ, Inc.
  • US$550 million senior secured financing provided to Otter Products, LLC
  • Over US$4 billion in senior secured credit facilities and senior unsecured notes for Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. and Penn National Gaming, Inc.
  • Various note offerings for Hudson Pacific Properties in excess of US$500 million
  • Senior secured credit facilities and note offerings for Store Capital Corporation
  • American Assets Trust in connection with its corporate credit facilities
  • US$433 million in senior secured facilities for the Cowlitz Development Authority
  • Various senior secured and high yield financings for Bally’s corporation
  • Various senior secured and high yield financings for Boyd Gaming Corporation
  • Sempra Energy in connection with the development of a wind farm in Baja California, Mexico
  • Sempra Energy in connection with the development and construction of liquefied natural projects in the United States and Mexico
  • Major oil and gas companies in connection with various crude oil projects in Latin America
  • US$500 million senior secured credit facility for Pasha Shipping company
  • US$1.5 billion senior secured financing and unsecured notes for Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
  • US$1.05 billion senior secured financing for Jack Entertainment
  • US$450 million in senior secured facilities for Greenwood Racing, Inc.

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1994
    Order of the Coif
  • BBA, University of San Diego, 1990
    summa cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hebrew
  • Spanish