Akin Gump today announced that Paul Yin will join as a partner on the firm’s special situations and private credit team in the London office. Mr. Yin will be joining Akin Gump from White & Case, where he has been a partner in its debt finance and private credit team.
Mr. Yin advises private credit funds and direct lenders, commercial and investment banks, investment funds, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on complex cross-border banking and finance transactions. His experience with front-end lending transactions, rescue financing, restructuring, general corporate financing and real estate financing complements the capabilities of Akin Gump’s special situations and private credit practice, which works with many of the most active credit investors in the market.
Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith commented, “Continuing the momentum gained through our recent hires of Josh Peary, Catherine Goodall, Fergus Wheeler and Ranesh Ramanathan, Paul’s arrival aligns with a fast-evolving financial market and underpins Akin Gump’s strategic priority of expanding our special situations and private credit team globally.”
Mr. Yin will work closely with Mr. Wheeler to continue the growth of Akin Gump’s credit platform in London, while supporting the global special situations and private credit team, led by Mr. Ramanathan and Dan Fisher. He will also work closely with the firm’s renowned global financial restructuring practice in connection with the financing of stressed and distressed credits and liquidity solutions, liability management exercises and restructurings.
“Paul’s skillset and experience working on transactions for credit investors provides further bench depth to our market-leading special situations and private credit team,” added London partner in charge Sebastian Rice. “Paul will be a valued addition to our integrated practice and significantly enhances our client offering in this growing space.”
About Akin Gump in London
Akin Gump’s London office is the hub for the firm’s international practice. The firm’s strategy in London is to grow practices that complement its core strengths globally. This has resulted in the growth of a fully integrated office, advising clients at the top of their respective markets.
Core strengths on which the office is founded include financial restructuring, corporate transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity), finance (including direct lending, acquisition finance, fund finance, structured finance, special situations and private credit), project finance, traditional energy, renewables and energy transition, debt and equity capital markets, financial services regulatory, disputes and international arbitration, investment funds (hedge, private equity, secondaries, real estate and infrastructure), antitrust and international competition, international trade (including sanctions) and tax (including structuring and taxation of share schemes and management incentive arrangements).
The integrated nature of the international practice means that the firm’s London lawyers work closely, and on a regular basis, with their counterparts around the globe. The work of the firm’s London lawyers is recognized by leading legal and industry publications, including Chambers UK, The Legal 500 UK, IFLR1000 and others.
About Akin Gump’s Special Situations and Private Credit Practice
Akin Gump’s global special situations and private credit group operates at the nexus of finance, securities, M&A and restructuring. We have deep relationships throughout the credit and restructuring ecosystem and service the lifecycle of the credit community’s investments—in front-end lending and liability management transactions, comprehensive restructurings, structured finance and securitization transactions, and post-restructured corporate, finance, securities and crisis management matters.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
