Jennifer Ezring is a member of the firm’s Finance Department and Banking Practice and serves as the Chair of the Global Asset Based Lending Group. She advises commercial and investment banks on leveraged finance and asset-based lending transactions across multiple industries.

Ms. Ezring combines a broad range of financing experience in complex US and cross-border transactions to help clients navigate:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Going-private transactions
  • Recapitalizations
  • Project financings
  • Bridge lending and loan commitments
  • Out-of-court debt restructurings
  • Other secured lending transactions

She is a member of the Board of Directors of LiveGirl and the Board of Governors of Multiplying Good, and she has served on the National Women’s Law Center Leadership Advisory Committee. 

Before joining Latham, Ms. Ezring led the asset-based lending practice at another global law firm, where she served on its Executive Committee.

Ms. Ezring’s experience includes advising:

  • The lead arrangers on a US$400 million asset-based revolving credit facility, a US$525 million term B credit facility, and a US$250 million delayed draw term B credit facility for Domtar, a Canadian company that manufactures and markets wood fiber-based paper and pulp products, as well as the initial purchasers in Domtar’s Rule 144A offering of US$775 million aggregate principal amount of 6.750% senior secured notes due 2028; proceeds from each of the foregoing were used to fund Paper Excellence’s acquisition of Domtar*
  • The lead arrangers on a US$750 million asset-based revolving credit facility for Nesco Holdings’ combination with Custom Truck One Source*
  • The lead arrangers on a US$1.87 billion North American asset-based loan facility for Gap* 
  • The lead arrangers on a US$1.5 billion term B credit facility and US$50 million revolving credit facility for subsidiaries of Virtu Financial for its acquisition of Investment Technology Group*
  • The lead arrangers on a US$1.25 billion global asset-based revolving credit facility for Adient US and certain of its subsidiaries*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law, 1998
  • BA, Princeton University, 1993