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- Finance Sector
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Marina Balzano Partner
Milan; Rome
She has acquired extensive experience in assisting major Italian and international banking groups (e.g. Intesa Sanpaolo, Banco BPM, Crédit Agricole and Deutsche Bank) in all types of financings with a solid experience in leveraged finance and acquisition finance, corporate and real estate finance.
She assists either issuers and investors as private debt funds in bonds and unitranche financings.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Finance
Meredith Dawson Partner
New York
Meredith joined the firm as a summer associate in the New York office in 2016. Through years of hands-on experience and collaborative client relationships, she has developed a multifaceted understanding of financing structures in credit and lending. Meredith’s transactional experience includes acquisition and leveraged finance facilities; direct lending transactions; first lien, second lien and first-out/last-out unitranche facilities; recurring revenue loans; and asset-based and other specialty financings across a variety of industries.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Emin Guseynov Partner
New York
Emin’s practice focuses on advising direct lenders in connection with a variety of finance transactions, including leveraged acquisitions and corporate financings. He also advises investment banks and other lending institutions in leveraged finance, marketplace lending and structured finance transactions. In addition, Emin represents Orrick’s corporate clients in connection with corporate finance transactions, project financings and debtor in possession financings.
Prior to joining Orrick, Emin was an associate at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Renewable Energy
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Private Credit
Russell Hoffman Senior Associate
Chicago
Russell represents private credit funds, asset managers, banks, sponsors, borrowers and other investors in financings for a wide range of energy and infrastructure asset classes, including solar, wind, battery storage, conventional power and other infrastructure projects. With extensive private credit experience, Russell is skilled at structuring and documenting complex financing structures such as senior secured project-level financings, back-leveraged financings, term loan A, term loan B and asset-backed loans.
Practice:
- Private Credit
- Banking & Finance
Martin Jouvenot Managing Associate
Paris
Martin’s practice focuses on debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, for private credit funds, private equity sponsors, corporates and special situations funds.
Prior to joining Orrick, he was an associate at another leading US law firm
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Restructuring
Igor Kukhta Partner
Paris
He advises on a range of lender-side and borrower-side transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings with a specific focus on private credit, and special situations and distressed financings. He also has experience with corporate finance matters, debt restructurings and venture debt financings for high-growth companies.
Igor is fluent in French, English, Ukrainian and Russian.
David Y. Lin Partner, Banking & Finance, Private Credit
San Francisco; Los Angeles
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Indian Tribal Finance
- Fintech
David Y. Lin Partner
San Francisco; Los Angeles
David assists major financial institutions and alternative lenders in effectively assessing legal risks in complex secured and unsecured commercial finance transactions. He advises on bilateral, club and syndicated financings for acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, construction and refinancings. He has extensive experience in financings in the casino gaming (commercial and tribal) and technology sectors.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
Katie McFarlane Managing Associate
New York
Taylor Mitchell Managing Associate
New York
He represents lenders, including banks and other financial institutions, and corporate borrowers in a range of secured commercial financing transactions, including syndicated transactions, asset-based financings, private equity acquisition financings, cross-border transactions and refinancings. Taylor also supports other practice groups, including the Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity group, the Technology Companies Group and the Restructuring group, on financing matters for clients.
Prior to joining Orrick, Taylor was an associate at Linklaters LLP.
Practice:
- Private Credit
- Banking & Finance
Mae Morter Partner
London
She has a wealth of experience in complex debt products, including in venture debt, leveraged finance, direct lending, corporate lending, acquisition finance, high-yield bonds, refinancings, restructurings, special situations and liability management exercises at all levels of the capital structure (including unitranche facilities, senior facilities, second liens, mezzanine debt, holdco PIK and convertible loan notes).
Mae is well versed in cross-border transactions and has been immersed in the European lending market for 15 years. Her prior experience includes an 18-month posting to Paris and in-house secondments at BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Oaktree Capital. She is fluent in French.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
- Fintech
B. J. Rosen Partner
New York
B. J. is also the Senior Outside Legal Advisor to The Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongly-convicted prisoners through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
Andrew Schmidt Associate
New York
He advises lenders and corporate borrowers on a wide range of secured lending facilities and other commercial finance transactions.