Praised as a ‘highly qualified, personable team’, Mayer Brown’s broad practice encompasses fund finance, structured finance, and supply chain finance. The firm is jointly led by Matthew O’Meara, Fred Fisher, and Scott Zemser, Fisher works out of Chicago and handles debt facilities for private equity funds and corporations. O’Meara is highly knowledgeable in debt financing transactions and is regularly called upon by asset managers, banks, finance companies, and institutional investors. Operating out of New York, Zemser is particularly well-regarded in the leveraged finance sector, and is highly skilled at asset-based financing and international restructurings. Christophe Wassaf is informed in secured and unsecured financing transactions, as well as liability management transactions, while Chicago-based Beth Vogel is another key team member.
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'They are a highly qualified, personable team that seeks to understand the client’s and counterparty’s needs and interests. '
'The team strives to understand client’s and counterparty’s goals to find amicable business solutions.’
Key clients
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A
- MUFG Bank, Ltd
- PNC Bank, N.A
- Citigroup Global Markets
- Credit Agricole
- Regions Bank
- Bank of Montreal
- GLAS Americas
- Igneo Infrastructure Partners
Work highlights
- Represented MUFG Bank, Ltd as the agent in the refinancing of the primary working capital facility for Blue Owl Capital.
- Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank as the administrative and collateral agent in the structuring and negotiation of a maturity extension and acquisition financing under the syndicated revolving credit facility for Talos Production Inc.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Matthew O’Meara; Fred Fisher; Scott Zemser
Other key lawyers
Christophe Wassaf; Beth Vogel