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Provided by Harriet West
Harriet West is a Private Credit partner and member of Proskauer's Global Finance practice and the Firm's Private Capital industry group.
Harriet’s practice concentrates on leveraged and acquisition finance with a primary focus on private credit. She represents a variety of clients with a particular focus, throughout her career, on acting for alternative lenders and private credit funds in the direct lending market. She also works with private equity sponsors and corporates.
Harriet advises clients on a range of financing transactions including unitranche financings, second-lien financings, mezzanine financings, first out/last out structures, holdco PIK, co-investments, note-purchases, other subordinated facilities and restructurings. Her extensive experience covers a wide range of UK, European and cross-border transactions, from the lower-middle market right through to the large-cap market.
Harriet established the Proskauer Women in Private Credit initiative, which operates as a knowledge sharing and relationship peer network for females active in the private credit market.
Provided by Chambers
Harriet West is very active for direct lenders. She is particularly adept at advising on acquisition and leveraged financings. She is regularly called upon by prominent clients to assist with domestic and cross-border transactions.
Provided by Chambers
She's a real standout - she's a very sharp lawyer.
She's a go-to. She's technically superb, great on detailed and complex transactions, and she knows what we want and delivers.
She's very thorough and detail-oriented.
She's a real standout - she's a very sharp lawyer.
She's a go-to. She's technically superb, great on detailed and complex transactions, and she knows what we want and delivers.
She's very thorough and detail-oriented.