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Lee Ann is a senior banking and finance partner in Reed Smith’s Financial Industry Group and a leading lawyer in our leveraged finance practice in New York. She is the relationship partner for several global financial institutions. Although her practice is principally based in New York City, as a member of both the Reed Smith Latin America and India Business Teams, Lee Ann is regularly retained for transactions with parties in Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
Lee Ann focuses on representing arrangers, agents, trustees, lenders, and borrowers across a broad spectrum of finance transactions, including secured and unsecured lending arrangements; leveraged, investment-grade, and acquisition financings; cross-border and multi-currency financings; funds finance; project and infrastructure finance; debt restructurings; and recapitalizations.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented the lead arranger in a $100 million senior secured debt financing for the leveraged recapitalization of a radiology services company owned by a private equity fund.
Represented a global financial institution on a $250 million co-investment facility for the partners of a large private equity fund.
Represented a lender in a $400 million revolving credit facility made available to a commodities fund in the form of commercial and standby letters of credit.
Experience
Represented the lead arranger in a $100 million senior secured debt financing for the leveraged recapitalization of a radiology services company owned by a private equity fund.
Represented a global financial institution on a $250 million co-investment facility for the partners of a large private equity fund.
Represented a lender in a $400 million revolving credit facility made available to a commodities fund in the form of commercial and standby letters of credit.
Represented the lead arranger in a $155 million senior secured debt financing and $41 million mezzanine financing to a provider of dental and other medical insurance.
Represented the lead arranger in connection with a $125 million U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar senior secured debt financing to a pharmaceutical company.
Represented the lead arranger in numerous syndicated capital call and subscription facilities for private equity funds, with commitments ranging from $500 million to $750 million.
Represented the lead arranger in a $350 million senior debt financing to a Blue Cross Blue Shield company.
Represented a major pharmaceutical company in a $40 million senior secured financing from two different lenders. The credit facility consists of a $20 million initial borrowing, with access to two additional $10 million tranches. The credit facility is secured on a cross-border basis by all assets of the Borrowers located in the United States, Sweden, Ireland, and the Cayman Islands.
Represented the lead arranger in a $120 million senior secured debt financing related to the acquisition by a private equity fund of a home health care company.
Represented a global financial institution in numerous subscription and capital call facilities for private equity funds, with commitments ranging from $50 million to $200 million.
Represented Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Cititrust Colombia S.A. Sociedad Fiduciaria, as Collateral Agent, in the approximately COP 850 million public-private financing of a transportation infrastructure project in Colombia.
Represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $40 million revolving credit facility made available to a software development company for working capital purposes.
Represented the lead arranger in a $215 million senior secured debt financing consisting of a $150 million revolving credit facility and a $65 million loan facility made available to a retailer and guaranteed by a number of its U.S. and Canadian affiliates.
Represented the lead arranger in a $500 million multi-currency senior debt financing to a biopharmaceutical company.
Represented a vision insurance company as Borrower in connection with a $125 million unsecured multi-currency revolving loan agreement.
Represented the lender in a $57 million senior secured debt financing related to the acquisition by a private equity fund of a physician services group.
Represented the lead arranger in a $100 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit facility made available to an e-commerce retailer.
Represented Citibank, N.A., as Intercreditor Agent, Offshore Collateral Agent, and Offshore Accounts Bank, in the structuring and arranging of a $390 million multi-tranche, multi-currency, term loan financing for the Concesión Alto Magdalena S.A.S toll road in the Republic of Colombia. The transaction comprised a combination of USD, COP, and UVR commercial bank loans, a subordinated liquidity facility, and interest rate and currency hedges.
Represented Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, Offshore Collateral Agent, Offshore Accounts Bank, Intercreditor Agent, Transfer Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent, and Authentication Agent, in the approximately $1 billion multi-tranche and multi-currency financing for the Concesión Pacifico Tres S.A.S. toll road project in the Republic of Colombia, which included a combination of Rule 144A/RegS USD bonds and COP bonds, COP and UVR commercial bank loans, a subordinated revolving liquidity facility, and currency hedges.
Represented the agent and accounts bank in a $260 million senior secured credit facility to finance the design, construction, and operation of a solar power plant located in Chile.
Represented a leading manufacturer and marketer of steel tubing, fabricated parts, and precision components in a dividend recapitalization transaction that included a $120 million senior secured term loan facility and a $75 million asset-based senior secured revolving credit facility.
Represented a global financial institution in a $35 million capital call and subscription facility for a middle-market private equity sponsor based in Los Angeles.
Represented a global financial institution in a number of multi-currency subscription and capital call facilities for private equity funds, with commitments ranging from $30 million to $250 million.
Represented the agent and trustee in a $250 million senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition of hydroelectric power-generating facilities.
Represented lead arranger in a $185 million senior secured debt financing to an online and mobile food-ordering company.
Represented the agent and accounts bank in a $100 million senior secured credit facility to finance the design, construction, and operation of a solar power plant located in Chile.
Represented a lender in a $41 million credit facility to support the global operations of a company that provides trading, strategic, and other services in the agriculture, building materials, and energy sectors across 14 countries.
Represented the lead arranger in a $50 million senior secured credit facility to a pharmaceutical company.
Represented the lead arranger in a $140 million senior secured debt financing to a national distributor of medical supplies and equipment to office-based physicians and long-term health care providers.
Represented Citibank in its roles as Offshore Collateral Agent and Offshore Accounts Bank to Solairedirect Generacion V Spa in connection with a $96 million credit facility to provide financing for the design, development, construction, and operation of the Los Loros Solar PV Project. The loans were provided by Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Économique S.A., as Senior Lender with a senior security interest, and the Inter-American Development Bank, as VAT Lender with a subordinated position.
Recognitions
Listed in Latinvex as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025, and 2026
Listed as Highly Regarded by IFLR1000 Global for United States, New York Banking, 2018-2024 and New York Banking (Healthcare), 2025
“Highly recommended” in Latin Lawyer 250 for Corporate and M&A, 2023 and 2025
Credentials
Education
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, 1983, J.D., magna cum laude
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979, B.A.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
- North Carolina
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