Deborah Enea

Deborah draws from an extensive background in commercial finance to help clients, including private credit funds, SBIC funds, and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in structuring sophisticated finance transactions. Clients appreciate her practical guidance, industry knowledge, and focus on achieving their business goals.

Deborah represents private credit funds, SBIC funds, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and public and privately held companies in finance transactions in the broadly syndicated and direct lending markets. Her work includes acquisition financings; leveraged buyouts; leveraged finance; syndicated, club and bilateral financings; mezzanine financings; unitranche; convertible debt financings; cash flow lending; and asset-based lending. Deborah represents clients in all parts of the capital structure — senior, junior, first lien, second lien, first out, last out, super-senior, and preferred equity. She is experienced across a diverse range of industry sectors, including health care, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and technology.

Deborah has significant experience with cross-border transactions, having advised on deals involving assets and operations in the UK, Canada, Australia, and Europe. Her clients range from publicly traded companies, such as AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) and Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), to privately held companies and private equity sponsors.

Before practicing law, Deborah spent 10 years working in commercial lending as a credit analyst with the CIT Group and as the finance program manager at Presidio, an IT reseller, where she partnered with banks and finance companies to provide finance solutions for middle-market borrowers.

Member, ACGWomen’s Committee, Association for Corporate Growth Philadelphia

Member, Women’s Investor Networking Council (WINC) of the Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA)

Editor, Lexis-Nexis’ Commercial Finance Guide

Editor, Lexis-Nexis’ Commercial Loan Documentation Guide

President, Board of Trustees, West Chester Public Library; former trustee, treasurer, and chair of the Governance Committee, Board of Trustees

Liaison and former consultant, Compass Pro Bono

Former chair, City of Roswell (Georgia) Arts Commission

Former director, Board of Directors, City of Roswell (Georgia) Convention and Visitors Bureau

Graduate, Leadership Buckhead

Graduate, Art Leaders of Metro Atlanta, Atlanta Regional Commission

Volunteer, 1996 Olympics