Flexible, tailored Private Credit strategies
With one of the largest global private credit practices worldwide, our core team includes leading lawyers in New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, DC, London, and Hong Kong. This powerful global platform delivers local resources anywhere in the world your private credit deals take you.
Informed by practical, industry-specific experience advising private credit lenders, our insights deliver value that transcends documentation of the transaction. With a focus on pragmatic transactional guidance, our lender solutions consider the business as well as the legal aspects of each financing.
Our lawyers represent private credit fund managers and other traditional and non-bank lenders, BDCs and other registered investment companies, SBICs, rating agencies, borrowers and institutional investors in thousands of financings involving a wide range of businesses and industries. This breadth of experience is matched with depth in each of the following areas:
- Fund Formation
- Fund Finance
- Direct Lending
- Structured Finance
- Special Situations and Restructuring
- Investment Management
In each of these categories of private credit we leverage a deep bench of lawyers across supporting areas such as environmental, ERISA, intellectual property, real estate, international trade, labor, tax, bankruptcy, securities, M&A, and bank regulatory.
Key players on both the investor and borrower side trust us to efficiently negotiate transaction documents, identify and mitigate risks, and stay informed of market trends. Our teams are equipped with a 360° perspective and strong working relationships that facilitate a smooth transaction. Strength in both the upper and middle market gives our team a unique ability to help clients navigate any transaction, regardless of size and complexity.