Sidley Expands Global Finance Practice With Addition of Leah Edelboim in New York

New York – Sidley is pleased to announce that Leah Edelboim has joined the firm’s Global Finance practice as a partner in Sidley’s office in New York. She was previously a Fund Finance partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. Ms. Edelboim is joined by counsel Ashley Flaherty in Charlotte, along with a team of eight associates based in New York, Chicago, and Charlotte.

Ms. Edelboim represents major financial institutions acting as lenders and administrative agents and other market participants across the full spectrum of fund finance products. Her practice focuses on syndicated, club, and bilateral subscription credit facilities, as well as NAV facilities, hybrid structures, management fee lines, GP financings, capital relief trades, and other tailored financing arrangements. With significant experience in both borrower and lender-side representations, Ms. Edelboim has often been called upon to help clients devise creative structures that reflect evolving regulatory requirements and investor trends. She also has deep experience advising ratings agencies and providers of financial guaranty and insurance products in fund finance transactions.

“With Leah’s arrival, we continue to strengthen Sidley’s already well-established fund finance capabilities and to consolidate clients,” said Yvette Ostolaza, Sidley’s Management Committee Chair. “We have long had a deep, cross-functional team that tackles the full array of fund finance matters for both borrowers and lenders, and in keeping with that full-service approach, we’re excited for the opportunity to add another top-tier complementary practice that enhances our lender-side subscription capabilities and other bespoke fund finance facilities.”

“Leah’s arrival reflects our continued investment in top-tier talent in New York and across our global offering,” said Nancy Chung, managing partner of the New York office and a member of the firm's Management Committee and Executive Committee. “For more than a century, Sidley has advised local and global clients operating in the New York market, and Leah’s experience and client relationships will further enhance our capabilities to serve investment banks, asset managers, and other financial players worldwide.”

Ms. Edelboim’s arrival follows Sidley’s addition of a series of high-caliber Global Finance partner additions in the last 24 months, including Ji Hye You and Chris Jackson in New York; Evan Palenschat in Chicago; Tania Bedi, Sam Hamilton, Joseph Kimberling, Fergus O’Domhnaill, Jayanthi Sadanandan, Ben Thompson, and Ben Wright in London; Parker Zangoei in San Diego; and Peter Burke in Century City.

Sidley’s Global Finance group is a destination practice for high-value, complex financings across a broad spectrum of platforms, industries, and asset types. The firm is consistently recognized as having one of the world’s leading finance practices, with more than 200 lawyers practicing on all continents and across a wide variety of industries. 

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