Debbie Clark

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One of the most accomplished attorneys in her field, no one can top Debbie Clark’s day-in, day-out experience in financing transactions.

Domestic and foreign banks, borrowers, and others depend on her to properly structure deals and minimize risk. Besides her legal and industry knowledge, clients value Debbie’s understanding of every business’s unique issues and assets—from airplanes to widgets —and her common-sense approach to their transactions.

Debbie’s practice suits her personality. She is a meticulous planner with good judgment and an analytical brain who enjoys interacting with people. She also likes working toward a goal in collaboration with her clients and even parties and counsel across the table.

Other lawyers may be good at ticking off the boxes on a closing checklist; Debbie probably created the checklist, and because she understands what is important to each new transaction, she never stopped improving on it.

Debbie represents clients in financings involving the financial services, retail, energy, manufacturing, transportation, franchising, telecommunications, and automotive industries.

The transactions she structures encompass syndicated and bi-lateral investment-grade financings, secured and unsecured asset-based and cash-flow lending transactions, warehouse lines, leveraged ESOPs, and multicurrency and cross-border credit facilities.

Debbie also is actively responsible for inter-creditor issues involving mezzanine, senior, and junior subordinated indebtedness in financing transactions.

In the private equity space, Debbie has assembled debt and equity financing for sponsors, investment funds, and other parties, including secured credit facilities for funds based on investor capital calls and for investors when those capital calls come due.

It’s very flattering when senior officers at many of my bank clients entrust me with their junior colleagues for training and guidance. I work with them to explain market practice, considerations, and ramifications involved in their financing transactions.
    • University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors
    • Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., with highest honors
  • Bar Admissions

    • Illinois