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Mayer Brown Offices
Mayer Brown
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1001
NEW YORK
United States
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1001
NEW YORK
United States
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Joanne De Silva
1 212 596 9280 joanne.desilva@ropesgray.com
Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Joanne co-leads the firm’s U.S. direct lending practice. Her practice includes debt and equity investments and restructurings across the capital structure. She represents business development companies, debt investment funds, banks, and other institutional investors in a diverse range of transactions including unitranche, senior and junior secured, and mezzanine transactions.
She has extensive experience with intercreditor arrangements including agreements among lenders, first lien/second lien and split collateral intercreditor agreements, and subordination agreements.
Joanne is qualified to practice in New York and is a solicitor in England and Wales. She was previously qualified as a barrister in England and Wales, and was a practicing advocate and solicitor in Singapore.
Languages
French; Malay
Education
BA (Jurisprudence), With Honors, University of Oxford, 1991
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > International tax
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds