Adi is an associate in the structured finance and capital markets team in Reed Smith’s London office. She has represented participants in their capacity as arranger, security agent, issuer, and trustee. She advises on securitisations, debt capital markets, non-performing loans, and trade finance transactions. Her recent work includes both advising on a multi-jurisdiction note issuance programme and the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity on the establishment of a new finance facility to finance education in countries around the world.
Adi is a member of both the firm’s Africa Business and the pro bono teams. She has been advising the government of Sierra Leone (ad hoc) on pro bono basis since 2009.
Adi lived in Dubai for over six years and practised as a solicitor at the Dubai International Financial Centre. She was also involved in advising on mainland UAE related matters as a registered legal consultant. She has advised on project financing in Africa, Europe, Middle East, and in particular worked on China-Africa transactions having had a brief secondment in Beijing. Her background in project finance advising governments, DFIs and ECAs, especially in relation to emerging markets transactions, puts her in good stead when advising on impact investment transactions.
