Ally de Padua > A&O Shearman > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

A&O Shearman
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022-6069
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Ally serves as counsel to banks and other financial institutions as lenders and strategic investors, as well as private equity funds and corporations as borrowers, in a wide range of domestic and international financings.

Her experience includes advising clients with respect to the financings of mergers and acquisitions, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, first and second lien financings and working capital and asset-based financings, with particular experience in negotiating and managing complex cross-border transactions.

Ally focuses on the Americas, and she is also a member of the Firm’s Latin America transaction practice, where she partners with her colleagues in our Capital Markets, Corporate and Project Finance practices to provide U.S. leveraged finance advice to clients making investments across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ally received the “Individual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion Award” from A&O Shearman’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group in 2023. She was also a member of the deal team that worked on the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” and the “Digital/Infrastructure/Telecoms Financing of the Year,” as recognized by LatinFinance, and the “Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year,” as recognized by the GFC Media Group.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Commercial lending

A&O Shearman‘s leveraged finance practice advises a range of leading investment and commercial banks, financial institutions, direct lenders, and financial sponsors across various types of debt financings. The team is particularly well-equipped to advise clients on high-yield debt offerings, special situations lending and restructurings. Practice head Jake Mincemoyer leads the New York-based team and is equally capable of assisting lender-clients with both syndicated and private credit arrangements. The team also features Todd Koretzky, whose practice spans the syndicated loan and direct lending markets and ranges from middle-market to large-cap transactions. Joseph Furst is also a name to note, especially for his knowledge of cross-border commercial finance transactions. Ally de Padua was promoted to the partnership in 2023. Following the 2024 merger of A&O Shearman and Shearman & Sterling LLP, the practice now includes Gus Atiyah who is well versed at assisting equity and debt funds with raising fund-level financings; Michael Chernick whose versatile practice spans syndicated lending, direct lending and private credit fund work; Maura O’Sullivan whose expertise lies in cross-border financings and Frank Oliver who was promoted to partnership in July 2023. Joel Moss departed from the firm in March 2023.