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Jennifer St John Yount

Jennifer St. John Yount is the co-chair of the Paul Hastings Global Finance practice. Jennifer is based in the firm’s New York office and leads a global team of finance and restructuring lawyers to service the firm’s clients. Before settling in New York, she practiced in the firm’s California offices.. While Jennifer has a strategic focus on private credit and specialty lenders in both cross-border and U.S.-focused transactions, she also represents a wide range of traditional and investment banks. Her work for both banks and nonbanks includes acquisition financings, cash-flow, asset-based lending, distressed credit, special situations and restructurings. She represents clients in all parts of the capital structure – senior, junior, first lien, second lien, first out, last out, super-senior and preferred equity. · Paul Hastings LLP

United StatesPrivate Credit, Specialty Lending

About

Co-chair of Paul Hastings Global Finance practice. Leads a global team of finance and restructuring lawyers. Represents private credit and specialty lenders, traditional and investment banks in acquisition financings, cash-flow, asset-based lending, distressed credit, special situations and restructurings. Works across all parts of the capital structure: senior, junior, first lien, second lien, first out, last out, super-senior, preferred equity.

Practice areas

Private CreditSpecialty LendingAcquisition FinanceCash-flow LendingAsset-based LendingDistressed CreditSpecial SituationsRestructuringCross-border FinanceBank FinanceCapital Structure

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Expertise

Private CreditSpecialty LendingAcquisition FinanceCash-flow LendingAsset-based LendingDistressed CreditSpecial SituationsRestructuring