Evan Palenschat advises clients on private credit and special situations investing, with a particular focus on debt financings and specifically in the area of leveraged finance.
Evan has extensive experience advising private credit funds, financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds and public and private companies/borrowers/issuers, as well as alternative lending institutions. His practice involves all aspects of corporate transactional work and he also assists his clients in work-outs and other downside scenarios. Evan has represented his clients on countless transactions that include senior, second lien and subordinated financings, asset-based loans, work-outs, restructurings and bridge and mezzanine financings.
Evan received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and also received an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois.
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.B.A.
Admissions & Qualifications
- Illinois
- New York
Memberships
American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Association for Corporate Growth (Private Equity Committee and Healthcare Committee)
Communities In Schools (Leadership Council)
Awards & Recognition
The Legal 500 United States: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders 2023