About Elizabeth Hermann Smith
Elizabeth Smith counsels lenders pursuing and providing financing in all areas of leveraged finance. She works to create a smooth, efficient process that gets her clients to closing, while feeling good about the negotiated terms of the deal.
Smooth, successful deals for client growth
Elizabeth represents administrative agents, lead arrangers and lenders primarily in syndicated senior secured cash flow transactions, as well as representing mezzanine investors and borrowers in leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, add-on acquisition financings, workouts and other credit transactions. As a member of the Katten team named one of Franchise Times' Dealmakers of the Year in 2018, Elizabeth has significant experience with franchisor, franchisee and company-owned restaurant and retail lending in both the sponsor and nonsponsor context, as well as experience in health care financing and across a number of other industries.
Practice Focus
- Leveraged finance transactions, including senior secured, mezzanine, first lien/second lien, unitranche and split lien structures
- Restaurant and franchise finance
- Health care finance
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August 1, 2018
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July 21, 2014
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SpeakerJanuary 14, 2021
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June 23, 2020