07 Apr 2026
Jeff Cole and Brian Jansen Join King & Spalding in Dallas as Leveraged Finance Partners
"King & Spalding adds partners Jeff Cole and Brian Jansen to its Finance and Restructuring practice in Dallas; both will focus on leveraged finance and private credit transactions."
Jeff Cole joins King & Spalding as a partner in the Finance and Restructuring practice. He represents senior and junior lenders, private equity sponsors and public and private companies on leveraged acquisition financings, working capital facilities, expansion and growth financings and recapitalizations across a variety of industries. He has extensive experience with cash flow and asset-based lending transactions, senior secured first lien and second lien loan financings, unitranche and mezzanine financings, cross-border financings and distressed lending transactions. He also regularly represents lenders and private companies in non-control structured equity investments, including warrants and minority equity investments. Cole joins from Winston & Strawn, where he helped found the Dallas office and previously served as Texas office chair of the Debt Finance practice group.
Brian Jansen joins King & Spalding as a partner in the Finance and Restructuring practice. He represents lenders, private equity sponsors and public and private companies in a broad range of financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, working capital facilities, growth financings and recapitalizations across numerous industries. He counsels clients on a variety of debt investments, including secured and unsecured debt, syndicated financings, club deals, unitranche debt, second lien financing, mezzanine debt and holdco note investments. Jansen joins the firm from Winston & Strawn.