Partner
Joanne De Silva
Banking & Finance, Private Credit
Overview
With more than 30 years of experience in lending transactions and debt restructurings in the United States, Europe, and Asia, Joanne De Silva advises clients on acquisition financings, recapitalizations, and growth capital investments. These transactions include unitranche, first lien, second lien, and mezzanine financings, intercreditor arrangements, equity co-investments, and debt restructurings.
Experience
Represented:
- An asset management firm as lead arranger, administrative agent, and lender in senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition by a private equity firm of a provider of a literacy supplemental curriculum for schools across the United States.
- An asset management firm as lead arranger, administrative agent, and lender in senior secured term loan and revolving credit facilities to support the acquisition by a private equity firm of a leading innovator, designer, and provider of personal sawmills and related products.
- A leading alternative investment management firm as administrative agent and lender in senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition by a private equity firm of a market leading distributor of bakery ingredients.
Education
- University of Oxford, BA, (Jurisprudence)
Admissions
- New York
- England and Wales
Professional & Community Involvement
- Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School
- Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law