Lauren Hanrahan > Milbank > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Lauren Hanrahan
Position
Partner, Global Leveraged Finance Group
Career
Ms. Hanrahan’s practice centers on representing banks, direct lenders and other financial institutions in debt financing transactions. Recognized as a leading lawyer for bank lending and finance in Legal 500, Euromoney’s IFLR, Chambers Global and Chambers USA, she has significant experience in representing lenders in acquisition financings, recapitalizations, unitranche financings, bridge and mezzanine financings, asset-based loans, debtor-in-possession, exit facilities, special situation financings and other complex secured lending transactions. She has a broad range of financing experience in both US and international transactions. She also devotes a portion of her practice to acting as agent’s counsel or lead investor’s counsel in connection with amending and restructuring troubled loans and negotiating workouts.
In 2022, Ms. Hanrahan was highlighted as one of the leading women in the secured finance industry in the Women in Secured Finance Issue of The Secured Lender magazine and she was featured as a top attorney for Banking and Finance in Legal Media Group’s 2022 Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law. She was also shortlisted as the Best in Banking attorney for Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Awards, most recently in 2020.
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., Cornell University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
(Hall of Fame)Milbank‘s global leveraged finance group demonstrates its versatility through its ability to handle syndicated and direct lending options, loan and bond, preferred equity and other capital structures. With a strong lender-side practice, the team is well equipped to handle LBO financings, refinancings, dividend recapitalizations and repricing for credit facilities. The New York-based team is led by Marcus Dougherty who draws on significant experience representing banks, direct lenders and leading financial institutions in acquisition financings. Lauren Hanrahan is highlighted as a key member of the team and has ample experience handling complex lending transactions such as, recapitalizations, mezzanine financings, exit facilities and special situation financings. Charles Stern is a further name to note and is well versed at representing investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays, HSBC and MUFG. Meir Hornung and Christopher Kwan were promoted to partnership as of January 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Finance > Commercial lending
- Commercial lending United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Cartel