Bio

As a Chambers USA award-winning partner in the firm’s finance practice, Stephanie Koo Song has dedicated more than 16 years of her practice to counseling and representing domestic and foreign financial institutions, mezzanine funds, private equity funds, other credit providers and borrowers in all types of secured and unsecured credit transactions, including asset based lending, senior and subordinated debt financings, cross-border financings, debt restructurings, project and acquisition financings, letter of credit facilities, term loans, working capital loans, bond credit enhancement facilities, securitization and conduit lending transactions, oil and gas secured financings, as well as loan restructures and workouts and other various interbank relationships involved in syndicated loan transactions. A large portion of Stephanie’s practice consists of the representation of large commercial banks in connection with syndicated credit facilities to borrowers in a wide variety of industries with a particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts, secured oil and gas reserve-based lending and the financing of midstream pipeline and oilfield services acquisitions and working capital lines of credit. As a result of her understanding of, and experience in, the nuances of reserve-based lending and other energy transactions and her dedication to client services, Stephanie has assisted clients on their existing energy credits during the recent downturn in the energy industry. Together with her restructuring colleagues at the firm, Stephanie has worked on numerous restructurings, work-outs and re-financings of troubled energy credits. Such experiences include debt-to-equity swaps, distressed trades, restructuring support agreements, debtor-in-possession credit facilities, exit facilities and other components of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings for various energy companies. Stephanie’s dedication to client service has been recognized by Chambers USA since 2011 and her practice has been recognized by other publications since 2006. According to Chambers USA, Stephanie has impressed sources, who describe her as “a dynamo,” “…responsive, thorough, very smart, creative and practical” and “…can think several moves ahead on the chessboard.”