Ms Margaret Parker-Yavuz > Akin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Ms Margaret Parker-Yavuz
Work Department
Partner; Corporate & Finance
Position
Maggie represents institutional investors, investment funds and other lenders in complex debt financing transactions. She advises on secured and unsecured private placements of notes, direct lending facilities and other debt financing transactions involving borrowers across the credit spectrum and the globe in a wide range of industries.
To learn more about Ms. Parker-Yavuz, please visit her profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/margaret-g-parker-yavuz.
Career
Maggie is one of the accomplished lawyers who was promoted to the partnership, effective January 1, 2022. Watch the video to meet Margaret here.
Languages
English, Turkish
Memberships
· Fellow, American College of Investment Counsel
· Member, American College of Investment Counsel Membership Committee and Communications Committee
Education
· J.D., Harvard Law School, 2003
· A.B., Brown University, magna cum laude, 1999
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Capital markets
Akin has a niche practice driven by its institutional-investor debt finance practice, which represents a variety of insurance companies and other institutional investors in private placements and other debt financings. The firm has worked on a range of deals in the region, both in major markets such as Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia, alnd smaller markets including El Salvador and Costa Rica. More recently, much of the practice group’s activity has centred on Mexico, including its representation of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, as lenders and investors, in the financing of Medios Cattri. London partner Thomas O’Connor has represented institutional investors and institutional lenders in connection with private placement transactions over many years, often along with Margaret Parker-Yavuz in Washington DC.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization