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A&O Shearman Offices

A&O Shearman
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020
NEW YORK
United States
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020
NEW YORK
United States
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Ilona Potiha Laor

Work Department
Debt Finance (Leveraged Finance & Financing Solutions)
Position
Partner
Career
At A&O Shearman, Ilona specialises in representing lenders, financial institutions and borrowers in connection with a wide range of financing transactions, including leveraged and investment-grade financings, acquisition financings, spinoffs, cross-border financings, debt restructurings, and other secured and unsecured financings.
Ilona is a client Relationship Partner for a major firm client. She is head of the US Women’s Committee which has won awards for affinity group impact for educational and awareness raising as well as affinity group impact award for mentoring and training.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
Headed by New York-based Jake Mincemoyer and Gus Atiyah, A&O Shearman is highly knowledgeable of acquisition financing, debt financing, and restructuring. Mincemoyer is versed in asset-based lending facilities, bridge facilities, leveraged transactions, and liability management transactions, while Atiyah is a key port of call for equity and debt funds. He is also knowledgeable of debt restructuring, leveraged buyouts, and second-lien facilities, while Maura O’ Sullivan is noted for her cross-border financing capabilities. She is also notably experienced in debtor-in-possession financings, while other key members of the practice include Ilona Potiha Laor and Michael Chernick.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- International trade and national security > CFIUS