Milbank LLP Financial Restructuring partner Nelly Almeida and Leveraged Finance partner Lauren Hanrahan have been named to The Deal’s Top Women in Dealmaking list for 2023. The list features outstanding female M&A, private equity, restructuring and activist investing lawyers who are making an impact in the dealmaking community by advising on the most important transactions of the year and taking leadership roles in promoting change.
Ms. Almeida has extensive experience leading complex corporate and US restructuring matters, representing debtors, creditors, lenders, official committees, equity holders, and other interested parties at various stages of a deal. Notable examples of her work include the cases of Celsius (cryptocurrency lending company), Sorrento Therapeutics (biopharmaceutical company), Nordic Aviation Capital (Ireland-based leasing company), Seadrill Limited (off-shore drilling servicer), Cinepolis (Mexico’s largest movie theatre operator), and Cirque du Soleil (Canadian live-entertainment company).
Ms. Hanrahan, who is recognized as a leading lawyer for banking and finance in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500 and Euromoney’s IFLR, focuses on representing banks, direct lenders and other financial institutions in debt financing transactions spanning the US and internationally. She has significant experience in representing lenders in acquisition financings, recapitalizations, bridge and mezzanine financings, asset-based loans, debtor-in-possession, exit facilities, special situation financings and other complex secured lending transactions.
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