New York, September 9, 2026 – Proskauer announced today that Bill Miller, Brian Kelleher, Stephen (“Steve”) Harper, and Christopher (“Chris”) Bevan have joined the Firm as partners in its Global Finance practice in New York. The group brings together decades of complementary experience across high yield, syndicated loans, and acquisition financings, with deep relationships spanning the investment banks, commercial banks, and financial sponsors that drive the leveraged finance market.
“Bill, Brian, Steve, and Chris are individually accomplished and collectively formidable,” said Proskauer’s Chairman, Tim Mungovan. “Together, they give our clients access to a team with the relationships, the experience, and the range to handle the most complex leveraged finance work in the market. Their arrival reinforces Proskauer's status as a market leader in global finance."
“This team is a major strategic addition to our Global Finance platform,” said Justin Breen, co-head of Proskauer’s Global Finance practice. “Bill, Brian, Steve, and Chris materially deepen and expand our bank-facing syndicated loan and high-yield offering. Combined with our market-leading private credit practice, their experience further strengthens our fully integrated leveraged finance platform, and our ability to serve clients seamlessly across products and capital structures.”
The four partners join the Firm with track records built across the full spectrum of leveraged finance activity.
Bill Miller is among the most respected practitioners in the market, having spent decades advising leading financial institutions and sponsors on the transactions that define the asset class. His practice spans leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings, high-yield debt offerings, syndicated loans, and equity securities. He is consistently named among the top lawyers for finance transactions by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, IFLR, Legal 500, and Best Lawyers.
Brian Kelleher brings experience representing investment banks, commercial banks, and corporations in leveraged finance transactions, including high-yield debt offerings and syndicated institutional loans across gaming, healthcare, technology, and industrials. He is recognized as Highly Regarded by IFLR1000 in debt and equity capital markets.
Steve Harper represents leading investment banks and commercial banks across the full range of financing transactions, including secured and unsecured debt offerings, bank financings, and leveraged buyouts. He has advised on landmark acquisition financings, including T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint and Comcast's acquisition of Sky, and was featured in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" in banking and finance.
Chris Bevan’s work spans private credit, banking and finance, and capital markets, with experience representing leading investment banks and financial institutions across a broad range of leveraged finance and private credit transactions. He was featured in the 2025 and 2026 editions of Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch” in banking and finance.
"What drew me to Proskauer was simple: exceptional lawyers, deep client relationships and a genuine commitment to doing work of the highest caliber," Bill said. "The Firm's direction is clear, and the opportunity to contribute alongside a team of this quality was one I could not pass up."
The addition of Bill, Brian, Steve, and Chris is a continuation of the strategic growth of Proskauer’s Global Finance platform. Since 2024, the Firm has welcomed 33 Global Finance partners worldwide, strengthening capabilities in leveraged finance, private credit, structured credit, and fund finance.
About Proskauer
Proskauer is an elite global law firm with more than 900 lawyers in key financial centers in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Our clients include many of the world's leading businesses, including asset managers, banks, listed corporations, and private companies. We have deep expertise in several of the fastest growing and dynamic segments of the market, including sports, technology, life sciences, and health care. We represent hundreds of asset managers across a wide spectrum of sectors and strategies, including private equity, private credit, hedge, real assets, secondaries, and capital solutions.
Proskauer’s Global Finance Group is structured to engage in transactions around the world. Our clients include financial institutions, direct lenders, private equity sponsors, public and closely held companies, asset managers, investment funds, private wealth funds, and family offices. The diversity of our finance practice gives us unparalleled market knowledge, and our representation of both lenders and borrowers provides us with the ability to appreciate critical deal points from the perspective of all parties to the transaction.