ANGELA FONTANA serves as global co-leader of Sidley’s Global Finance practice. She focuses her practice on financing transactions and debt restructurings. Angela represents both borrowers and financial institutions, and has been involved in a wide variety of financing transactions in both the United States and abroad. Angela’s experience includes investment-grade lending, commercial paper facilities, letter of credit facilities, cash flow-based lending, asset-based lending, mezzanine financing, and workouts and restructurings.
Angela has been recognized by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law (2006–2022, 2025). She was named the Best Lawyers 2017 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Dallas/Fort Worth. Angela was recognized in Chambers USA for Texas Banking & Finance (2005–2024), in Chambers Global for USA Banking & Finance (2012–2024), and was selected as a finalist for the Chambers USA “Women in Law” Awards in the category of Finance (2012–2013). She was named by Lexology Index as a "Leading Practitioner” in Banking from 2007–2012. She was recommended by Legal 500 U.S. (2007, 2009–2010, 2014–2017); a “Leading Lawyer" by IFLR1000 in U.S. Banking and Finance (2014–2016, 2019); and is included in the inaugural edition of the Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law. She was also named a “Super Lawyer” by Texas Super Lawyers for both Banking and Securities & Corporate Finance (2003–2021, 2023–2025), as well as D Magazine’s "Best Lawyers in Dallas" (2011–2017, 2019–2021).