USA – ILLINOIS Trends and Developments Contributed by: Beth Vogel Mayer Brown Mayer Brown has a global private credit team with over 160 lawyers throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Within the United States, partners are based in Chicago and New York. The team represents a broad range of asset managers in private credit transactions through all phases of an investment – from ini - tial acquisition financing to distressed lending and workouts. Mayer Brown is one of the only firms that has a dedicated private credit corpo - rate team providing advice on the equity com -
ponents of private credit transactions. Its cli - ents have found this helpful as they increasingly turn to preferred equity or equity-linked instru - ments to deploy additional capital alongside their debt investments. The firm has been at the forefront of the industry since its inception with team members involved in private credit deals for over 20 years. It has played a pivotal role in shaping the market, advising on some of the earliest and most influential transactions.
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Beth Vogel brings over 15 years of experience in representing direct lenders, banks and private equity funds in a wide variety of
facilities of all types, with special expertise in the software/technology space and innovation capital. As head of Mayer Brown’s Chicago private credit team, Beth handles direct lending and other strategic matters for private credit funds and banks lending in the same space. Beth regularly speaks at private credit and lending conferences on current market trends.
transactional and commercial financing-related matters. Her strong track record includes debt investments, debt restructuring transactions, and commercial term loan and revolving credit
Mayer Brown LLP 71 S Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Tel: (312) 782-0600 Email: bdvogel@mayerbrown.com Web: www.mayerbrown.com
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