Benjamin Sayagh

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Sayagh’s practice focuses on representing and counseling banks, direct lenders and other financial institutions in various financing transactions, primarily in the context of acquisition or other event-driven transactions.

He also has experience advising clients in unitranche, buy-and-hold junior capital and mezzanine financings, debt restructurings and other work-out transactions.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Sayagh was ranked as a Rising Star Partner for Banking in IFLR1000’s United States (Nationwide) and New York rankings in 2023 and 2024. Mr. Sayagh was also named a Rising Star in the Banking and Finance category at Euromoney’s LMG Rising Stars Americas Awards 2020, which honors outstanding up-and-coming legal practitioners for their professional accomplishments and advocacy skills in their respective practice area. 

Mr. Sayagh co-authored a chapter on “Loan Structures” in The Handbook of Loan Syndications and Trading, published by Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and has contributed articles to Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law and The International Comparative Legal Guide: Lending & Secured Finance.

He is a native French speaker and is fluent in Italian.