Reitler, a full-service boutique law firm, added Joseph Choi and Vincenzo Paparo to its lending and debt finance practice group. Choi joined the firm as a partner and Vincenzo Paparo joined the firm as senior counsel. Choi and Paparo will both be based in Reitler’s New York office.
“Joseph and Vincenzo are exceptional lawyers who perfectly complement our growing lending and debt finance practice and our entrepreneurial and collaborative firm culture,” Ed Reitler, a partner at Reitler, said. “Their talents will help fuel the next stage of growth in our expanding lending and debt finance practice group.”
Choi’s practice will focus on the representation of banks, financial institutions, direct lenders, institutional investors, private debt funds, alternative lenders and financing companies, as well as private equity funds and sponsors their portfolio companies and other operating companies in connection with corporate finance and restructuring transactions, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions and complex lien structures. Choi regularly represents both lenders and borrowers in a range of financing transactions, including acquisition financings, asset-based facilities, recapitalizations, multiple lien structures and subordinated financings, capital call facilities, private placements, other structured finance and capital markets transactions, and debtor-in-possession and exit financings.
Paparo will advise U.S. and international financial institutions, direct lenders, distressed debt funds and corporations in a range of financial transactions, particularly lending and cross-border matters. He also has a background in traditional asset-based financings, secured and unsecured syndicated bank financings, junior capital lending, specialty financings, senior lending facilities and subordinated bridge loans. In addition, Paparo leads corporate finance workouts and restructurings, with experience in the oil and gas, natural resources and financial services sectors. Paparo has served on the board of governors of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, is a member of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and the Arab Bankers Association of North America.
