Michèle Penzer
USA Guide 2023
Band 2 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Michèle Penzer
Practice Areas
Michele Penzer is the former Managing Partner of the firm's New York office and a member of the Finance Department, as well as the Banking and Project Development & Finance Practice groups. Ms. Penzer's practice focuses primarily on the representation of commercial and investment banks, as well as borrowers and issuers, in leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, project financings, other senior secured lending transactions and restructurings.
Career
Qualified since 1994. Former Global Co-Chair of the Banking Practice. Former member of the Executive Committee and former Chair of the Diversity Committee and Associates Committee. She also helped to found Women Enriching Business (WEB), a firm-wide initiative developed to help give women the tools to develop networks and business development skills. Member of the State Bar of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She is on the Board of Directors of the New York Women's Foundation, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and a member of the Advisory Council of the Hastings Center.