New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies on leveraged finance transactions with an emphasis on debt commitments and credit facilities for leveraged acquisitions, including acquisition financings and asset-based lending facilities.
Chris represents sponsor portfolio companies on their working capital facilities and their ongoing compliance under those facilities.
He has also worked extensively on various recapitalizations, refinancings and related transactions, including incremental facilities.
- Ares Management in acquiring Convergint Technologies.
- Blackstone in acquiring the chemicals business of Orica Limited, Serco India and several real estate assets.
- Feldenkreis Holdings in acquiring Perry Ellis International, Inc.
- KKR in acquiring Del Monte Foods, Capsugel, Academy Sports, Samson Resources, The Brickman Group and Goodpack.
- Fordham University School of Law, JD
- New York University, MA
- Harvard University, AB
- New York
Stuart Axford
London – One Eagle Place
Advises leading investment banks, funds and investors on large-scale and highly complex securitisation and structured credit transactions.
Stuart has experience across a wide range of asset classes, including residential and commercial mortgages, auto loans, aircraft, supply chain finance, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
He also advises non-EU financial institutions in relation to UK and EU legislation and regulations, including EMIR, BRRD, CRD, CSDR, MiFID II/MIFIR and the Securitisation Regulation.
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2025-2027
- Chambers UK
- Chambers Global
- IFLR1000
- Best Lawyers UK
- Who’s Who Legal
- Trinity College, University of Cambridge, MA
- College of Law, Solicitors’ Final Examinations
- Trinity College, University of Cambridge, BA
- England and Wales
Sunho (Sam) Shin
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Sam Shin focuses his practice on structured finance, with an emphasis on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and warehouse financing transactions across both middle-market and broadly syndicated loan CLO platforms. He represents collateral managers, issuers, underwriters, placement agents, and investors in the structuring, issuance, and ongoing operation of CLOs, as well as in related asset-backed and structured credit transactions.
- New York City Bar Association, Associate Leadership Institute Fellow, 2023
- Columbia Law School, JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Columbia Business School, MBA
- Columbia University, BA, cum laude
- New York
- English
- Korean
Megan L. Gedeon
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Megan L. Gedeon practices in the Finance Group.
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy
- American University – School of International Service, BA, cum laude, Undergraduate Law Review, Associate Editor
- New York
Marnie S. Grossman
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Concentrates on representing high-net-worth individuals in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, family law and charitable giving.
Marnie represents her clients in all aspects of their estate planning, with the goal of reducing wealth transfer tax and ensuring that wealth passes in accordance with clients’ wishes.
In the area of estate planning, she works with clients to prepare wills, revocable trusts and life insurance trusts as well as more sophisticated tax structures such as dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts and qualified personal residence trusts.
She also represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in all aspects of estate and trust administration.
As a personal planning attorney, Marnie has had significant experience representing multigenerational families, focusing on developing estate plans uniquely designed to meet her clients’ wealth transfer and charitable objectives.
- Chambers High Net Worth, New York: Private Wealth Law, 2024-2026
- Estate and Gift Taxation Committee, New York City Bar Association
- Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
- Duke University, BA, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- New York
Thomas R. Weinberger
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Focuses his practice on asset-backed securities and corporate finance with an emphasis on specialty finance and insurance and risk-linked securities.
Tom has extensive experience in life settlements, specialty finance, premium finance, longevity and pension risk transfer, alternative risk transfer, litigation finance and other non-bank finance products.
He advises clients on the formation of domestic and offshore funds that invest in the life settlement and premium finance asset classes.
- Chambers Litigation Support, Litigation Finance Deal Counsel, 2026
- Columbia Law School, JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Note Editor
- Yeshiva University, BS, magna cum laude
- New York
Holly H. Weiss
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Holly H. Weiss focused her practice on the representation of employers in all aspects of employment law and employee relations. She litigated disputes involving restrictive covenants, ERISA claims, executive compensation, employment agreements, statutory employment discrimination claims, and common law tort and contract claims in federal and state courts, before administrative and government agencies and in arbitral forums. Her practice also included advising employers on employment law compliance, best practices, human resources matters, hiring and termination, and litigation avoidance; drafting and negotiating employment agreements, separation agreements, data security and privacy policies and other employment-related agreements; and providing training and conducting investigations. With considerable expertise about employer obligations and best practices with respect to sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace, Holly also designed anti-sexual harassment training programs, policies and procedures.
Holly earned a B.A. from Emory University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
- The Best Lawyers in America
- New York Super Lawyers
- Top Women Attorneys in the New York Metro Area
- New York State Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section
- Stand Up! Girls
- Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
- University of Virginia School of Law, JD
- Emory University, BA
- New York
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
Hannah M. Hollingsworth
London – One Eagle Place
Focuses practice on advising clients on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border transactions, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, structured finance, litigation funding and CLOs.
Member of the Women in Securitization Rising Star Program for 2026
- Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, JD, Senior Associate, summa cum laude, Pace International, Law Review
- University of New Haven, BS
- New York
Shannon B. Wolf
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Focuses on all aspects of regulatory enforcement, white collar criminal defense, internal investigations and related complex civil litigation including securities fraud, insider trading and other business crimes or regulatory violations.
Shannon also counsels clients on compliance matters, from creating and auditing robust, specifically tailored compliance programs, to crafting comprehensive training programs, and implementing corrective measures in instances of compliance deficiencies.
- University of Connecticut School of Law, JD
- Western Connecticut State University, BA
- Connecticut
- New York
- The Honorable Stefan R. Underhill, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (2009-2011)
- The Honorable Peter W. Hall, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2011-2012)
Ariele L. Cohen
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises private investment funds and investment advisers in connection with their structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs.
Ariele advises on all aspects of fund formation, including preparation of private offering memoranda and limited partnership agreements, as well as negotiation of side letters.
She also has extensive experience advising institutional investors on their investments in private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds, and co-investment transactions.
- American University Washington College of Law, JD, Staff, International Law Review
- Brandeis University, BA, magna cum laude
- New York
- New Jersey