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Karen Fries

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions Global Practice Group Leader - Finance Transactions · Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

United StatesFinance Transactions, Corporate Finance

About

Partner and Global Practice Group Leader of Finance Transactions at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, representing banks, financial services entities, borrowers, and issuers in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany. Specializes in borrower representation across secured and unsecured credit facilities, receivables sales, securitizations, private placements, lender-side middle market transactions, and restructuring including DIP financing and out-of-court restructurings. Member of BCLP's Global Board.

Practice areas

Finance TransactionsCorporate FinanceSecuritizationDebtor in Possession FinancingRestructuring

Office

Expertise

Borrower representationSecured and unsecured syndicated credit facilitiesTerm loan facilitiesReceivables sale and securitizationsPrivate placementsLender representation in middle market credit facilitiesDebtor in possession financingOut-of-court restructuring

Education

  • J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1989
  • B.S. in Business, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1986, cum laude