LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennifer Harris, a seasoned special
situations finance attorney, joined Ropes & Gray today as a
partner in the firm's growing global capital solutions &
private credit group. The team strategically advises clients in
complex debt and equity transactions including bespoke financing
and distressed credit situations.
Jennifer is one of five partners to join Ropes & Gray in the
past month. In December, the firm added private equity partner
Brandon Howald in
Los Angeles. In January, the firm
has welcomed IP transactions partner Ed
Sadtler, asset management partner Jennifer Graff and M&A partner
Suni Sreepada all in the
firm's 500-lawyer New York office.
Ropes & Gray has also hired more than 200 lateral counsel and
associates, a record number, during the past 24 months.
With extensive experience in all facets of bespoke financings,
Jennifer brings a deep understanding and practical approach to the
legal demands of secured lending, distressed financings and
workouts of troubled finance transactions. Her work includes
advising clients, including credit funds and other investment
pools, across aviation, telecom, apparel, broadcasting, shipping,
oil and gas, hospitality, gaming, healthcare and sports.
Jennifer will be based in Ropes & Gray's new Los Angeles office, the firm's 12th
globally and third in California,
which is expected to open in early 2022. Our Los Angeles team includes private equity
partners Brandon Howald and
Howard Glazer, health
care partner Torrey McClary
and health care counsel Ranee Adipat and Leslie Thornton, and many associates.
"We are excited to build on our momentum in Los Angeles with Jennifer's arrival," said
David Djaha, managing
partner. "Already there is a team of seasoned Ropes & Gray
transactions attorneys working in Southern California, and Jennifer will
strengthen that team."
She also strengthens the firm's growing capital solutions and
private credit group, which has added four partners over the past
18 months. The group, working alongside the firm's private
equity, asset management and restructuring groups, focuses on
strategic and opportunistic financings, equity and debt solutions,
and workouts and restructurings across a broad spectrum of
industries for both creditors and investors as well as companies
and borrowers.
"Private credit, especially in the specialty asset and
opportunistic space, is a hot area," said Leonard Klingbaum co-head of the firm's
capital solutions and private credit group. "We expect that to
extend into 2022. That's why we continue to expand our group around
the globe. Jennifer's savvy and experience on lender-side
financings and, in particular, those in the distressed space,
significantly enhances our talented team."
Jennifer also advises clients on debtor-in-possession financing
and exit facilities, second lien structures, multijurisdictional
bankruptcy and debt restructuring both in and outside of
bankruptcy.
"Ropes & Gray has a deep team helping clients navigate
opportunistic investments," said Jennifer. "I am very excited to
help grow the firm's new LA office, and to collaborate with the
terrific teams worldwide at Ropes & Gray to solve our clients'
most complex issues."
In the last 18 months, Ropes & Gray's capital solutions
& private credit team has added partners Sam Badawi (New
York) and Samuel
Norris (London), as
well as business restructuring partners Ryan Preston Dahl (Chicago) and Matthew Czyzyk (London). Additionally, two firm attorneys
specializing in distressed and special situations, Milap Patel (Boston) and Patrick
Dorime (New York), were
promoted to partner in October.
The firm continues to expand on the West Coast with its new
Los Angeles office. Ropes &
Gray has been established in California with offices in San Francisco since 2001 and in Silicon Valley
since 1992. The firm already represents leading California-based clients, including TPG
Capital, PIMCO, University of Southern
California, Oaktree Capital Management LP, DoubleLine
Capital LP, Genstar Capital, HP Inc., ICU Medical, Silver Lake
Partners and Stanford University.
About Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm with
approximately 1,600 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients
in major centers of business, finance, technology and government.
With offices in New York,
Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los
Angeles, San Francisco,
Silicon Valley, London,
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, Ropes & Gray is consistently
recognized for its leading practices in private equity, M&A,
public companies, ESG, CSR and business and human rights, finance,
asset management, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences,
health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement,
privacy & cybersecurity and business
restructuring.
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