Jennifer St John Yount

Jennifer Yount is the chair of the Paul Hastings Finance and Restructuring practice and is based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Her practice primarily consists of representing banks, finance companies, and other lenders in working capital financings, acquisition financings, bank/bond transactions, restructurings, and debtor in-possession and exit financings. Ms. Yount has negotiated numerous intercreditor and subordination agreements in 1st Lien/2nd Lien, split collateral, and mezzanine financings and agreements among lenders in unitranche and FILO financings. She has industry experience in a variety of business sectors and has extensive experience with cross-border international transactions.

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Areas of Practice 1) Finance, 2) Financial Services, 3) Energy, 4) Corporate, 5) Leveraged Finance, 6) Asset Securitization and Structured Finance and 7) Bankruptcy Litigation
Law School Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Admitted Year 1998
Education University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., 1993
Bar Member / Association California State Bar Association
Most recent firm Paul Hastings LLP
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