Ms Jennifer Wolfe > Katten > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Katten Offices
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CHICAGO, IL 60661-3693
ILLINOIS
United States
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Ms Jennifer Wolfe
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Work Department
Private Credit
Position
Clients turn to Jennifer Wolfe for her knowledge of the market and pragmatic, business-like approach to the practice of law. She represents administrative agents, arrangers, first and second lien lenders and mezzanine lenders in an array of secured and unsecured cash flow and asset-based financings. Jennifer helps her clients, which include banks and non-bank financial institutions in the middle‑market, navigate the regulatory landscape and find creative solutions that work for all parties.
Recognized by industry publications such as Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers in Business, The Legal 500 US and The Best Lawyers in America, Jennifer advises on acquisition, leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions, and her practice spans a wide variety of deal sizes and types, from single-lender financings of lower-middle-market companies to broadly syndicated and unitranche credit facilities of more than $1 billion for equity sponsor-backed transactions. Jennifer also advises clients on restructurings and troubled-credit workouts. Jennifer is known in the market for her experience representing lenders to borrowers in a variety of industries, including the health care industry. Jennifer is a member of the firm’s board of directors.
Languages
Spanish
Education
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
With a strong focus on private credit, the team at Katten is a popular choice among clients in the entertainment, healthcare, insurance, retail, sports and technology sectors. It is well equipped to handle a range of transactions involving cash flow and asset-based financings, as well as mezzanine and unitranche financings. The Chicago-based practice is led by Michael Jacobson, whose expertise lies in financings involving companies in the healthcare, technology, sports and entertainment sectors. Jennifer Wolfe supports the team, regularly handling acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and recapitalization transactions. Forming part of the Los Angeles office, Glen Lim and Jan Harris Cate represent lenders in range of commercial finance transactions. Erinn Sheppard left the firm in August 2023.
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Firm Rankings
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense