Lawyers in United States

Sophia Yen

Representing clients in a variety of commercial sectors, Sophia Yen counsels both lenders and borrowers in debt financing transactions. She also advises entertainment industry clients on debt and equity finance deals, as well as other transactional matters. As lender’s counsel, Sophia advises financial institutions in transactions that include single-lender and syndicated senior-secured, second-lien, mezzanine and unsecured acquisition and working capital loans; cross-border lending transactions; and loan portfolio purchases. She also assists lenders with problem loan workouts, restructurings and foreclosures. When borrower’s counsel, Sophia advises privately and publicly held companies on negotiating loans to finance a variety of corporate needs. Sophia represents film and television industry clients—as well as financial institutions and hedge funds—in equity and debt finance deals, distribution and licensing deals, and branded entertainment matters. In this sphere, she drafts and negotiates loan agreements, interparty agreements, cofinance agreements, distribution agreements and other ancillary documents. Sophia also advises independent production companies, high net worth individuals, producers, and other parties who operate in film and television development, production, financing and distribution. In addition, she has experience in film foreclosures, dispute settlements, purchasing distressed entertainment assets, negotiating with the guilds and counseling clients on copromotion deals. She is well-versed in the emerging fields of the entertainment industry and in recognizing for clients the strategic value of the digital media and China entertainment sectors. Before becoming a lawyer, Sophia was a CPA and financial auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. There, she represented clients in the entertainment, insurance and financial services industries.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Sophie Staples

A Partner in the Firm’s Tax Practice, Sophie Staples advises clients on tax matters in a variety of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financing transactions and securities offerings. She has advised private equity sponsors, as well as their portfolio companies and other strategic clients, on the tax aspects of numerous investments, acquisitions and divestitures.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Sosi Biricik Klijian

Sosi Biricik is counsel and former partner in Latham & Watkins' Project Development & Finance Practice Group, and has represented developers, lenders, and governments in the structuring and financing of domestic and international power projects and in promoting legislative and regulatory reforms in the energy sector. Sosi has also advised clients in a variety of mergers and acquisitions financing transactions both in and outside the energy sector.

Latham & Watkins

Spencer C. Diebel

Partner

Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP

Spencer C. Joffrion

Dechert

Spencer Denison

Of Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Spencer Gilbert

Spencer K. Gilbert is a corporate partner and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Healthcare Groups. Mr. Gilbert’s practice regularly advises private equity firms, their portfolio companies and corporate clients on a broad range of transactions, including take-privates, leveraged buyouts, partnership and joint venture arrangements, carveouts and cross-border transactions, as well as corporate governance matters. His experience ranges across industries, including healthcare and adjacent businesses, software, industrials, media and technology, and financial services. In 2023, Mr. Gilbert was named a Law360 MVP for his work successfully negotiating complex and diverse transactions for private equity clients.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Spencer Johnson

Partner

King & Spalding

Spencer Klein

Spencer D. Klein | Morrison Foerster Spencer Klein is a corporate partner and serves as co-chair of the firm's global Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Spencer focuses his practice on M+A transactions and related matters such as proxy contests and takeover defense counseling. He has advised on more than 200 successfully closed mergers, tender and exchange offers, stock and asset acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. He is also a veteran of numerous contested matters and regularly counsels corporate boards and committees in transactional and high-profile corporate governance matters. Spencer frequently advises leading U.S. and multinational companies across multiple industries. His engagements include multi-billion dollar deals in health care and life sciences, financial services, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, retail, energy, and entertainment and media. In addition to prominent corporate clients and private equity funds, he has represented some of the world's leading bulge bracket and boutique investment banks.

Morrison Foerster

Spencer L. Harrison

Spencer L. (Jerry) Harrison is a co-chair of the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice and advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Spencer N. Cummings

Gunster

Spencer Simon

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Spencer Stevens

Member

Clark Hill PLC

Spencer Stone

Spencer is a partner in the firm's Real Estate Department. His practice focuses primarily on real estate development and finance. Spencer assists owners, operators, lenders and equity investors in structuring and implementing complex real estate development deals and sophisticated debt and equity financing of real estate projects. He also represents clients in real estate acquisitions and dispositions, in resolving complex title matters and disputes, and in connection with matters relating to loan workouts, restructuring and insolvency. Spencer always strives to provide outstanding client service and enjoys working collaboratively with his clients and their other advisors to achieve their goals. Spencer was selected as the firm’s 2023 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association Real Estate Section’s Steering Committee and is co-chair of the Title and Conveyancing Subcommittee. Spencer was recently appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Land Court Guidelines on Registered Land. Spencer also currently serves as Director of Sullivan’s Summer Associate Program and runs a weekly “Title Tuesday” brown bag lunch for associates in the Real Estate Department.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Spencer Turnbull

Litigation & Trial Counsel

Latham & Watkins

Srikanth Reddy

Partner

Goodwin

Srinivas Kaushik

Srinivas Kaushik focuses on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments. Principal clients include Apax Partners, BC Partners, Bain Capital, Lincolnshire Management, MSD Partners and Warburg Pincus. Srinivas also regularly represents portfolio companies of clients with respect to general corporate counseling and transactional matters.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Srinivas Raju

Srini Raju, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, handles complex advisory, governance, transactional, and litigation matters involving Delaware corporations and alternative entities, including large public company M&A transactions. He has litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, and contractual disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court. Srini also regularly advises corporate boards, special committees, and general partners regarding transactions and governance issues. A frequent speaker on fiduciary duty and governance issues, Srini is co-author of two seminal treatises of Delaware law: Lubaroff & Altman on Delaware Limited Partnerships and Special Committees: Law and Practice. He has also published numerous articles, including articles published in The Business Lawyer and the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Transactional Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Stacey Anne Mahoney

Stacey Anne Mahoney’s practice includes all aspects of antitrust law. In her antitrust litigation practice, she represents clients as plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts throughout the US, in cases involving restraints of trade, monopolization, tying, exclusive dealing, price discrimination, false advertising, unfair competition, and related business torts. In her merger practice, Stacey develops and implements domestic and international merger advocacy strategies, including trial as needed. Stacey’s counseling practice includes advising on distribution and pricing issues, as well as joint ventures and other competitor collaborations. She has worked extensively in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, payment systems, financial services, advertising and marketing, retail, and publishing. Stacey is consistently ranked among the top antitrust lawyers in New York by Chambers USA and Super Lawyers, The Legal 500, and most recently by Global Competition Review. Chambers USA recognizes her “excellent antitrust litigation practice” and describes her as “very smart and very responsive,” “very perceptive and very knowledgeable,” offering a “highly pragmatic approach to matters.” Super Lawyers reports that she is a “fearless and innovative litigator, able to adjust to any type of antitrust case,” “with an outstanding ability to think strategically” with “the knowledge and litigation skills to match the most senior antitrust litigators.”

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Stacey C.S. Cerrone

Principal and New Orleans Office Litigation Manager

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Stacey L. VanBelleghem

Stacey VanBelleghem, Global Co-Chair of the Environment, Land & Resources Practice, represents clients in a variety of industry sectors on major project infrastructure and development, administrative petitions and rulemaking, and litigation under federal environmental law. Stacey has particular experience advising clients on and litigating under federal environmental laws, including: Administrative Procedure Act National Environmental Policy Act Endangered Species Act National Historic Preservation Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act American Indian Law Stacey has in-depth knowledge of federal permitting and approvals for major infrastructure projects, including numerous renewable energy projects, working both to secure project approvals and to intervene and defend approvals in many federal court cases. Stacey also represents numerous clients in air quality and climate change issues, with an emphasis on the regulation of criteria pollutants, hazardous air pollutants, and greenhouse gas emissions from major stationary sources. She is also a frequent speaker and writer on these issues. In addition to her environmental practice, Stacey works on a variety of pro bono matters for the firm. She has previously served in management roles on the firm’s former Diversity Leadership Committee, Global Associates Committee, and Global Pro Bono Committee. Before becoming an attorney, Stacey worked at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in its Public Policy Department and also at the National Park Service.

Latham & Watkins

Stacey Mitchell

Corporations turn to Stacey for representation in complex federal environmental enforcement matters with DOJ and EPA, including internal investigations, and in high-stakes and crisis management situations. Having held senior roles at both the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, Stacey brings a deep understanding of the inner workings of both agencies to assist clients in navigating these regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. Her practice also includes providing strategic advice to domestic and international companies and funds on a wide range of environmental regulatory and policy matters. Stacey is a leader of the firm’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate work. Clients include private equity and hedge funds and companies from the chemical, shipping, energy, automotive manufacturing (OEM) and printing industries. To learn more about Stacey, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/stacey-h-mitchell.html

Akin

Stacey P. McEvoy

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Staci Yablon

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP