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Provided by Yen Sum
Yen Sum, Global Chair of the Private Capital Practice, delivers comprehensive guidance on deploying private capital across all asset classes, particularly involving cross-border structures.
Yen draws on more than 25 years of experience and a sophisticated understanding of the private capital arena to advise senior management, private equity sponsors, credit funds, and hedge funds on:
- Capital solutions for investors and company balance sheets, divisions, and assets
- Corporate restructurings and turnarounds
- Private credit and hybrid instrument products
- M&A and buyouts, acquisition finance, and fund investments
Yen structures innovative, multifaceted solutions across corporate balance sheets and manages divergent stakeholder interests. She has led or participated in notable transactions involving investments into and within multi-layered capital structures; hybrid investments; public and private securities; liability management transactions; and in- and out-of-court processes to implement complex capital solutions.
Yen also spent several years as an investment professional in Barclays Capital’s Leveraged Finance business, where she engaged in numerous buyouts, refinancings, and recapitalizations.
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Provided by Chambers
Yen is one of the most hard-working and accomplished lawyers in the market, in my opinion. Her prior work in bank/buy side makes her one of the most commercial partners in the insolvency market.
Yen is the most commercial, knowledgeable, hard-working restructuring lawyer in the industry. She gets the big picture, is a tremendous team builder and nurtures real client relationships.
Yen is an incredibly commercial lawyer who knows when there needs to be a court fight and when there needs to be a deal. We trust her in all circumstances and she remains our go-to.
Yen is a thought leader and knows the deal and players inside out. She understands the vision and how to get there, and is always available.
Yen is exceptional at managing stakeholder groups in complex scenarios and pinpointing the critical points for consideration.
Yen is one of the most hard-working and accomplished lawyers in the market, in my opinion. Her prior work in bank/buy side makes her one of the most commercial partners in the insolvency market.
Yen is the most commercial, knowledgeable, hard-working restructuring lawyer in the industry. She gets the big picture, is a tremendous team builder and nurtures real client relationships.
Yen is an incredibly commercial lawyer who knows when there needs to be a court fight and when there needs to be a deal. We trust her in all circumstances and she remains our go-to.
Yen is a thought leader and knows the deal and players inside out. She understands the vision and how to get there, and is always available.
Yen is exceptional at managing stakeholder groups in complex scenarios and pinpointing the critical points for consideration.