Winston & Strawn Augments Leveraged Finance Practice With Addition of Sanjay Thapar in New York

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Winston & Strawn LLP is happy to announce the addition of Sanjay Thapar as a associate within the agency’s New York workplace and as a member of the Transactions Division’s Finance Observe. He’ll co-chair the World Leveraged Finance workforce working throughout the agency’s Finance Observe.

Sanjay focuses his apply on counseling and representing main funding banks and direct lenders in leveraged buyout financings in addition to exercises/restructurings.

He has many years of expertise in home and cross-border large-cap and middle-market syndicated, direct lender, and membership transactions, in addition to first and second lien, asset-based, split-collateral, and unitranche loans, throughout a broad array of industries. Sanjay brings an unlimited community of relationships within the leveraged finance business and can help the continued growth of Winston’s World Leveraged Finance workforce.

“The leveraged mortgage market has develop into more and more risky within the present financial cycle, which triggers a higher want for readability on authorized and strategic points,” mentioned Sanjay. “Winston has a particularly proficient and skilled company finance workforce, and I look ahead to collaborating with my new colleagues as we handle challenges and alternatives for shopper service within the leveraged finance house.”

Sanjay follows a number of latest additions to Winston, together with company companions Justin Hoffman in Houston and Sean Hilson in Chicago, well being care and life sciences associate Amy Kearbey in Washington, D.C., and litigation associate Adam Foslid within the agency’s newly launched Miami workplace.

“Sanjay’s broad-based expertise representing the pursuits of economic establishments, non-public funds, and direct lenders can be of crucial significance given latest rate of interest hikes,” mentioned Michael Mullins, co-chair of Winston’s Finance Observe and co-chair of the agency’s Fund Finance Observe. “The rising price of capital is including elevated complexity to deal buildings, and Sanjay will allow us to assist shoppers craft sensible, efficient approaches to finishing these transactions.”

“Sanjay’s arrival underscores Winston’s continued progress as designated lender counsel to funding banks and direct lenders within the each the mid-cap and large-cap markets,” mentioned Mats Carlston, managing associate of Winston’s New York workplace and co-chair of the agency’s Finance Observe. “His work with large-cap gamers tracks with our progress and provides to our rising capabilities in creating and executing complicated loans throughout a variety of vertical industries.”

“Winston attracts the best legal professionals of their respective areas of apply. Sanjay is an ideal instance,” mentioned Winston Chairman Tom Fitzgerald. “His expertise reinforces Winston’s robust status representing the pursuits of our shoppers in complicated monetary transactions. We look ahead to his contributions to our leveraged finance workforce in New York.”

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