Haynes and Boone, LLP is delighted to welcome Counsel Meghan O’Reilly to the firm’s Fund Finance Group. She joins from Herrick, Feinstein LLP. She has spent the last two decades representing fund finance and other finance clients.
Her practice focuses on commercial finance work, with extensive experience representing lenders on capital call facilities as well as other asset-backed finance transactions, including real estate loans. She has a long history and deep relationships in the fund finance industry and has served as the key advisor in assisting banks with establishing new fund finance product lines. She is also a regular advisor to banks on alternative and creative fund finance structures and in addressing the challenges posed by variations in fund documentation.
"Haynes Boone has the leading global fund finance practice, and I am excited to join a group with such a long history and distinguished place in the market,” O’Reilly said. “My new colleagues have such well-deserved reputations for investing in their clients and consistently producing top-tier legal work at the leading edge of the market.”
The Haynes Boone Fund Finance Group has more than 75 attorneys and 500 years of combined fund finance experience. The market-leading group handles all transactions relating to the fund finance industry, including bilateral and syndicated capital call loans, management and GP lines, NAV and hybrid facilities, partner loan programs and all the ancillary products relevant to private equity lending.
“We are thrilled to welcome Meghan to the firm,” said Haynes Boone Partner and Women in Fund Finance Americas Committee Co-Head Holly Loftis. “She is one of the few veteran lender-side fund finance attorneys in the market, and her extensive experience and familiarity with our clients make her a valuable addition as we continue to strengthen our capabilities in fund finance."
