About Miran Vila

Miran Vila concentrates his practice on corporate finance transactions and is part of the firm’s aviation finance team. He has worked on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and other strategic corporate transactions. His clients include large domestic and international private equity firms, hedge funds, banks and financial institutions, investment management firms, asset management firms, technology and manufacturing companies.

Taking a business-smart approach when negotiating corporate transactions

Miran applies his prior experience as in-house corporate counsel to examine business issues from a client's perspective. He understands that managing risk and protecting the client's legal interests are only a part of the answer to any business concern. In order to close deals, he finds creative solutions to difficult problems. This includes fostering cooperation between counterparties while creating efficiencies that can reduce overall response times.

Prior to joining Katten, Miran was an associate in the corporate department of a large, 1,100 attorney international law firm and was corporate counsel at a $21 billion dollar multinational corporation. He also serves on the American Bar Association's Section of International Law Steering Committee.

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Practice Focus

  • Corporate
  • Corporate finance
  • Aviation finance
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Cross-border mergers and acquisitions
  • International business transactions
  • Structured finance and securitization

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Education
  • University of Vienna (Stanford Law School Partnership), LLM, with distinction
  • University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, JD
  • University of Louisville College of Business, MBA
  • University of Kentucky, BS, cum laude
Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia
  • Illinois
  • Virginia
  • Kentucky
Community Involvements
  • American Bar Association
  • ABA International Law Section, Steering Committee Member