Lee Federman
Lee Federman has a wide range of experience across debt finance products and has worked in several key financial jurisdictions (London, New York, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam). He advises bank lenders, alternate credit providers, major financial sponsors, and their portfolio companies on cross-border investment grade and leveraged financings and other event-driven financings.
Lee acted on deals involving a number of private equity sponsors active in Europe prior to joining Jones Day in November 2018 including Apax, Apollo, Blackstone, Carlyle, Graphite, KKR, Montagu, Permira, Rutland, and Waterland as well as alternate capital providers including Ares, Crescent, Fortress, Gemcorp, Oppenheimer, Towerbrook, and Tyndaris.
Lee is recommended in Legal 500 UK (2016-2018) for acquisition finance and general syndicated lending and described as "knowledgeable, responsive and practical" and praised for his ability to "explain complicated matters in plain English." Lee also worked with Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers on secondment assignments. He regularly holds training programs and is a presenter at conferences for the Loan Market Association.