Megan E. Thompson

Megan is a trusted advisor to financial institutions, private investment firms and corporate borrowers on sophisticated lending and finance transactions. Clients rely on her practical, business-minded counsel on complex deals that require precision, speed and a deep understanding of market dynamics. Megan’s practice spans a full spectrum of commercial finance, including secured and unsecured credit facilities, asset-based financings, syndicated and multi-lender financings, acquisition financings, mezzanine loans, intercreditor agreements, leveraged and sponsor-backed financings, as well as distressed loans. She regularly advises leading lenders on recurring monthly revenue (RMR) loans particular to the home security and medical monitoring industries.

Prior to pursuing a legal career, Megan was a Certified Public Accountant and focused her worked on SEC audit engagements as a senior associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

An authority on corporate law, Megan serves as member of Law360‘s Pennsylvania Editorial Advisory Board and provides feedback on the legal developments and insights that shape their coverage.

• Represented a multi‑unit franchise operator, as borrower, in connection with various credit facilities to finance the development and operation of multiple franchise locations. The facilities were secured by substantially all assets of the borrower and supported by corporate and individual guaranties.
• Served as U.S. counsel to an investment fund in connection with a senior note investment in a large syndicated term loan facility, advising on a complex capital structure, including a related sale‑leaseback transaction, and negotiating loan and intercreditor documentation to protect the client’s interests
• Represented a major commercial bank, as lender, in connection with a $10 million asset‑based revolving credit facility and a $10 million term loan secured by real property located in California, New York and Arizona, extended to a global supplier of materials, technologies and wax products for the precision investment casting industry
• Represented a special opportunities fund, as lender, in connection with a $45 million secured delayed‑draw term loan facility in connection with the sale of the borrower, including a joinder of the buyer entity and its subsidiaries, and also represented the fund as seller in connection with related seller notes
• Represented a private investment fund, as administrative agent and lender, in a $100 million secured term loan to a leading immersive technology, media and entertainment company, including the negotiation of an intercreditor and subordination agreement with respect to a subordinated bridge loan facility
• Represented a privately held commercial bank in a $25 million revolving credit facility secured by all assets of the borrower and guarantors and personally guaranteed by principals of the borrower
• Represented administrative agent and lender in a $95 million syndicated revolving credit facility secured by RMR assets to a wholesale alarm monitoring service provider
• Represented administrative agent and lender in a $60 million sponsor-backed syndicated revolving credit facility secured by RMR assets to a security technology company that specializes in remote, technology‑driven security solutions for residential communities, including virtual guards, video surveillance and access control systems
• Represented the administrative agent and lender in connection with a $25 million secured revolving credit facility to an international security company, involving a cross‑border transaction with multi‑currency borrowings secured by domestic and international assets
• Represented a major commercial bank, as administrative agent and lender, in workout negotiations and a forbearance agreement arising from a $30 million senior secured revolving credit facility and term loan to a sponsor‑backed dry-goods company, including related intercreditor arrangements
• Represented a commercial bank in connection with a $10 million revolving credit facility and a $7 million term loan to a security and life safety company, secured by RMR assets and an accommodation pledge by the borrower’s owners
• Represented a commercial bank in connection with a standby letter of credit facility and related amendments to an existing credit facility supporting a surety bond obligation
• Represented a borrower in the professional home and business security alarm industry in connection with a $10.5 million revolving credit facility

Affiliations

• Law360 Pennsylvania Advisory Board, Member, 2023-Present
• Allegheny County Bar Association
• The Education Partnership, Board Member
• Leadership Pittsburgh LDI, Class of XI
• Pittsburgh Hardball Academy, Advisory Board

Recognition

• Listed in Chambers USA, Banking & Finance, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds, 2018, 2022-Present
• Named among The Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Pittsburgh, 2026
• Recognized among the “Top 25 Attorneys of Pennsylvania by Attorney Intel, 2024
• Distinguished among the “Most Effective Dealmakers” in The Legal Intelligencer’s Pennsylvania Professional Excellence Awards, 2023

Education

• Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
• The Pennsylvania State University, B.S.

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New York