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- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
Giulio Asquini Of Counsel
Milan; Rome
Giulio has developed strong experience in all types of acquisition financings and leveraged buyouts transactions both in the syndicated and in the take-and-hold space, including senior debt, unitranche financings, high yield debt and mezzanine capital, structured as loan facilities as well as bonds issuances.
Giulio has also gained significant experience in refinancings, corporate financings (including revolving and capex facilities) and real estate finance transactions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Giulio was an associate in a leading Italian law firm, where he also gained experience on M&A and private equity deals, assisting Italian and foreign companies and private equity investment vehicles in acquisition and investment transactions.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
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.
Alan Benjamin Senior Counsel, Banking & Finance, Indian Tribal Finance
Los Angeles; Santa Monica
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Indian Tribal Finance
Alan Benjamin Senior Counsel
Los Angeles; Santa Monica
He counsels clients nationwide on complex financial transactions and restructurings, including secured and unsecured loan transactions, project financings, leveraged buy-outs, dividend recapitalizations and insolvency matters.
In the California Banking & Finance category of Chambers USA, clients commend Alan, describing him as “a guru for gaming work" and noting “his extensive financing practice includes particular expertise in lending transactions involving Native American tribes.”
In addition to his practice responsibilities, Alan has held numerous firmwide positions, including recently as a member of Orrick's Board of Directors and as practice group leader of the firm’s Banking & Finance group. He was the Chair of the Firm’s Finance and Audit Committee from 2010 through 2019.
He is licensed to practice in California.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Banking & Finance
- Structured Finance
- Africa
Ahmed Boulahcen Managing Associate
Paris
He focuses on project finance transactions and advises sponsors, debt providers and governments on the structuring and financing of various energy and infrastructure transactions across Europe, Africa and Latin America.
His experience includes a wide range of debt financing transactions (senior, junior, mezzanine, loans, bonds, multilateral development financings, export financings, etc.). He has also been involved in infrastructure M&A/private equity and restructuring transactions in connection with strategic assets.
Ahmed has gained substantial experience working on high-profile energy and infrastructure deals, including public-private, transport, telecom, energy transition and IPP projects.
Prior to joining Orrick, Ahmed practised several years within the Energy & Infrastructure teams of major international law firms in Paris.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
Catalina Bravo Associate
Houston
Catalina advises borrowers and lenders in debt financings for M&A, PE and direct lending transactions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Catalina was a Debt Finance Associate at Kirkland & Ellis, where she primarily advised borrowers on private equity, financing transactions and debt restructurings in the Energy Sector.
Practice:
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Renewable Energy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Banking & Finance
- Power
- Responsible Business
Taylor Brien Associate
London
Taylor works primarily on mergers and acquisitions and project finance in the renewable energy space. Taylor also has experience advising on joint ventures and project development.
Practice:
- Restructuring
- Bankruptcy Litigation
Daniel Carnie Associate
San Francisco
Dan represents secured and unsecured lenders, court-appointed claimant representatives, and creditors' committees. He has experience with adversary proceedings, contested matters and appeals. He also helps lenders with out-of-court workouts and has advised creditors in state-court rehabilitations.
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
- Structured Finance
- Real Estate
- Restructuring
Pierre de Boutiny Associate
Paris
He advises notably banks and sponsors on complex transactions for the financing of infrastructure projects, PPP, concessions and real estate portfolios, in France and abroad, as well as on debt restructuring.
Pierre regularly intervenes on the financing of PPP and concessions projects. He participates, in particular, in drafting complex agreements for the financing of public facilities (public buildings, ports and motorways, telecommunication grids and rolling stocks).
Pierre has also a significant track record in the real estate sector, advising both arrangers and borrowers on complex operations to finance buildings and property portfolio as well as their securitization aspects and restructuring.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Public Finance
- Banking & Finance
- General Obligation Bonds
- Revenue Bond Financing
- Swaps and Other Hedges
Marcus Deitz Partner
Houston
Marcus’ experience includes the representation of school districts, municipalities, counties, junior colleges, universities, special authorities and other political subdivisions in a variety of roles, including bond counsel, disclosure counsel and issuer’s counsel. In addition, he regularly represents underwriters and purchasers of both public and privately placed debt, regularly serving as underwriters’ counsel and bank counsel.
Complementary to his core practice, Marcus is also able to provide his clients guidance on derivative transactions and liquidity facilities, election law matters, and municipal and school law issues.
Before joining Orrick, Marcus clerked for the Colorado Court of Appeals and subsequently practiced as an associate and then a partner with several international law firms.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Private Credit
Blake Dewveall Associate
Los Angeles
He advises lenders and corporate borrowers in a wide range of secured lending facilities and commercial financing transactions.
Blake was a summer associate in the firm's Los Angeles office in 2022.
Zachary Finley Partner, Banking & Finance, Data Centers
San Francisco
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Banking & Finance
- Data Centers
- Technology Companies Group
- Real Estate
- Transportation Finance
Zachary Finley Partner
San Francisco
He advises publicly held and privately owned (including sponsor-backed) companies, financial institutions, credit funds and other alternative lenders in connection with broadly syndicated loans, pro rata (bank-only) credit facilities and a wide variety of private credit transactions (including senior secured, junior lien, senior subordinated and mezzanine loans). His experience also extends to asset-based loans, project financings, debt restructurings and workouts. In addition, Zach regularly represents technology companies on various types of growth capital financings used to rapidly expand their businesses and to deploy new and market-disrupting products and services.
Zach has a particular passion for the digital infrastructure sector, stemming from his extensive experience representing data center operators, service providers, lenders and investors in the space. As one of the leaders of Orrick’s multidisciplinary data center practice, he is well-versed in traditional and increasingly bespoke financing structures to address the unique needs and challenges of clients in this ever-evolving industry.
In the 2024 California Banking & Finance category of Chambers USA, clients praise Zach as “a very knowledgeable attorney with incredibly deep expertise in the area” and describe him as “always responsive and has a strong depth of technical knowledge.” He is also recognized by IFLR1000, where clients note that Zach “is an outstanding business partner” and “his strengths are his creativity, accessibility, diligence and his ability to bring all of Orrick's resources to bear.”
Zach previously served a three-year term on the Commercial Transactions Committee (formerly called the Uniform Commercial Code Committee) of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, acting as its Co-Chair for the final year of his term.