Lynn Tanner Joins Winston & Strawn in New York

NEW YORK – Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Lynn Tanner has joined the finance group of the firm’s Corporate Practice as a partner, resident in the New York office. She was most recently at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

Ms. Tanner represents a wide range of lenders, including banks as well as alternative lenders such as hedge funds, specialty finance companies, mezzanine funds, and BDCs, in connection with both broadly-syndicated and club financings, particularly those involving multiple tranches of debt.  

“Lynn’s particular experience in the unitranche segment of the leveraged loan market fits well within our alternative lender strategy,” said Dom DeChiara, chair of Winston’s Corporate Department. “With the addition of Lynn to our team, we continue to meet the demands of our expanded client base that now includes leading specialty finance companies, loan funds and BDCs.”

Ms. Tanner’s practice includes domestic and cross-border acquisition financings, dividend recapitalization facilities, working capital facilities (cash flow and asset-based), bridge loans, high-yield debt offerings, debtor-in-possession and bankruptcy “exit” facilities, as well as both in-court and out-of-court restructurings and workouts.