Hunter D. Poindexter

Hunter represents private equity firms, corporate borrowers and institutional lenders in various debt financing transactions. His experience includes drafting and negotiating loan documents, managing due diligence, and coordinating closings.

In addition to his debt finance work, Hunter represents investors and companies in venture capital financings and other capital markets transactions.

He has also represented corporate entities in mergers and acquisitions, as well as in the drafting of various commercial contracts.

Hunter earned his J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was a Taft Scholar and served as the articles editor of the University of Cincinnati Law Review. During law school, Hunter served as a Judicial Extern with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He also served as an Intern with HCDC, Inc. and with the University of Cincinnati Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. Since law school, he has continued to support the Clinic as a supervising attorney.

He received his B.S., cum laude, from Northern Kentucky University.

Honors & Recognitions

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Corporate Law (2025-2026); Banking and Finance Law (2026); Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2026); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026)
• Ohio Super Lawyers, Ohio Rising Stars, Business/Corporate (2025-2026)

Education

J.D., summa cum laude, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2021

B.S., cum laude, Northern Kentucky University, 2018

Experience

• Calfee served as Borrower's counsel to a publicly traded, Fortune 1000 company in a transaction involving a $500 million secured term loan facility provided by banks and other institutional lenders.
• Calfee acted for the client, a publicly traded Fortune 1000 industrial supply company, in the refinancing/replacement of its receivables securitization facility; negotiated transaction documentation, navigated intercreditor issues, and managed the closing process, including the complex legal opinions that supported this $150 million transaction.
• Calfee served as lead counsel to private equity-backed portfolio company in a $17 million refinancing, including a delayed draw term loan commitment to be used for future acquisitions and/or dividends. 
• Calfee served as lead counsel to Borrower, a private equity-backed portfolio company, in connection with a new $95 million senior secured credit facility consisting of a term loan and revolver; the proceeds of the credit facilities were used to fund the acquisition of a new portfolio company platform. 
• Calfee served as lead counsel to the Administrative Agent and Lender, a private equity firm client, in a $31 million term loan financing, which provided the borrower with capital to complete a critical refinancing and add cash to the balance sheet to support the continued operation of the business.
• Assisted in representing a private equity-backed borrower in the financing of a $96+ million transformative acquisition. 

Professional & Community

• Santa Maria Community Services, Board Member
• Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio, Board Member