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Banking & Financial Services

Overview

Finance attorneys represent borrowers or lenders in transactions involving lines of credit, loans, or restructurings. Law firm practices tend to lean toward either the lender or borrower side, though some practices work on both sides. Financing can come from traditional banks as lenders or from private credit funds. In the U.S., the practice is heavily concentrated in New York where the majority of the banks and private lenders are located, but the practice can be international, and finance attorneys are in demand in international capital markets as well (London and Hong Kong, for example). The practice often involves acquisition finance supporting a larger M&A transaction, which means deadlines can fluctuate, and the hours can be erratic, especially on the borrower side, where the transaction timeline can be at the mercy of the lender’s side. Financing deals tend to be relatively short, so lawyers are frequently moving from one transaction to the next.

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Practice Area Q&A’s

Mayer Brown LLP

Maria A. Alevras-Chen & Nicole L. Goodman

Paul Hastings LLP

Kristopher S. Villarreal

Proskauer Rose LLP

Szeman Lam

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Michelle Chen

Weil

Justin Lee

Kirkland & Ellis

Nisha Kanchanapoomi & Osaro Aifuwa

Allen & Overy LLP

Gordon Mak & Penelope Yan

Weil

Vynessa Nemunaitis

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Heather Waters Borthwick

Paul Hastings LLP

Christopher Ross

Simpson Thacher

Alexandra Kaplan & Dorothy Hector

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