Law firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges has hired Lindsay Flora as a partner in its banking and finance practice in New York.
Flora will advise leading private equity sponsors and firms, financial institutions, borrowers and lenders. She will also guide private and public companies on leveraged acquisitions, syndicated debt facilities, debt commitments, bridge loans and secured lending.
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“Lindsay is a highly accomplished corporate lawyer with extensive experience guiding borrower-side private equity and merger and acquisition financing transactions and will be an outstanding addition to our banking and finance team,” said Barry Wolf, executive partner at Weil.
This will draw on her previous experience working on complex corporate transactions and high-yield financings. Flora joins from Dechert, where she worked as a partner in their global finance practice.
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“Lindsay’s borrower‑side financing expertise, combined with her restructuring and liability management experience, will deepen our bench and support the continued growth of our global practice,” said Andrew Colao, co‑head of Weil’s banking and finance group.
Flora joins other recent additions to Weil’s banking and finance practice including Anne Seymour, who rejoined the firm in January, as well as lender-side partners Tom Hashagen and Meredith Mackey.
Sponsor-side partner Thomas Mastoras has also joined, while Weil recently elevated two banking and finance lawyers Nick Nikic and Kai Zhang to partner in January.
