Structures and documents leveraged acquisition financings. Advises business development corporation and direct lending clients through complex negotiations with private equity sponsors. Core competencies include drafting, reviewing and analyzing market patterns in commitment papers, credit agreements, collateral agreements and intercreditor agreements and guiding non-bank lender clients to commercially viable outcomes. Particularly adept at managing relationship with opposing law firms and mentoring and training junior attorneys. Outside of deal execution, ideates and implements practice group-based knowledge management strategies. Through pro bono work, assists small / emerging NYC business in the arts/cultural space with general corporate matters, including sales and service contract drafting and intellectual property issues.

Represented institutional lenders, investment banks and corporations in their credit and capital market transactions, with an emphasis on high-yield markets and leveraged finance. Core competencies include diligence and other forms of corporate review, drafting of transactional documents and project administration.

Researched issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act and N.Y. Civil Rights Laws, the Freedom of Information Act and parallel N.Y. law and non-police government investigations. Assisted with taking depositions. Drafted charges and other documents related to administrative hearings. Negotiated with union representatives over FDNY employee disciplinary cases.

Researched and wrote motions for appellate procedure. Conducted discovery in class-action government-benefits lawsuit. Counseled individual complainants moving through Medicaid appeals process.

As a U.S. Fulbright grant recipient, created semester-long classes and cultural programming for college students learning English.