Banking, finance and restructuring lawyer Kalyan Das joined Greenberg Traurig along with Sharan Calay and Andrew Silverstein. The trio joined from Seward & Kissel, where Das spent more than three decades and was head of the firm’s global bank and institutional finance and restructuring practice.
Das will be based in Greenberg Traurig’s New York, London and Bridgehampton, NY, offices. Calay and Silverstein, who were also previously at Seward & Kissel for more than two decades, will be based in New York. The trio joined as shareholders.
“Kal is a truly unique individual with a national and global practice and admissions in multiple jurisdictions, including New York, London, Australia and India. We share several clients; he is a class act and a good friend who will immediately impact our practices in the United States, London, Asia and the Middle East,” Richard A. Rosenbaum, executive chairman of Greenberg Traurig, said. “This is truly a team active in all economic cycles, with its focus on finance as well as restructuring, and our uniquely powerful, unified and global platform will allow this team and a number of our offices to seize opportunities in times of disruptive change. Kal’s work across the globe representing leading financial institutions and private equity is part of the firm’s strategic growth in areas most important to our clients and will elevate our international capabilities and brand.”
“I am excited for this next phase in my career. We have known the lawyers at Greenberg Traurig for quite some time and our clients will benefit by working with the talented global team, leveraging the firm’s resources around the world,” Das said.
Along with other lawyers across New York, London and other locations who focus on a range of financing, restructurings and related capital markets matters — including John Houghton, head of the finance and restructuring practice in London and former chair of Latham’s London restructuring practice, as well as Corey A. Tessler, Michael A. Moser, and a 13-lawyer team who joined the firm in New York last year from Winston & Strawn, where Tessler was its global real estate chair — Greenberg Traurig’s banking, finance, capital markets and restructuring capabilities and brand have been greatly enhanced in recent times. Das will work closely with Tessler, co-chair of the firm’s real estate finance practice, and Moser in further building value through the firm’s offices in Bridgehampton, NY; Westchester, NY, where Moser serves as co-managing shareholder; Charlotte, NC; and across the U.S.
Das focuses primarily in the areas of structured finance, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities transactions, project finance, asset-based lending, loan agencies, corporate trust, fintech financing, supply chain and trade financing, whole loan financing, leveraged loan financing, domestic and international banking transactions, capital markets, distressed debt trading, second lien financing, institutional finance, private placements, and private equity, as well as restructurings in all these areas. He represents domestic and international banks, private equity and hedge funds, investors, trustees, servicers and other institutions in all types of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including structured financing, project financing, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), supply chain and trade financing, asset-based lending, fintech lending and structuring of transactions, ADR/GDR and all types of corporate trust transactions, including loan agencies. Das is admitted to practice law in New York, the UK (England and Wales), Australia and India.
Calay advises on a range of legal matters, including structured finance, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities transactions, domestic and international banking transactions, distressed debt transactions, and project finance. She represents clients from various industries, such as banks, financial institutions, and businesses in both domestic and cross-border financing transactions. She represents trustees on CLOs and is often consulted by banks and her peers on such representations. Calay has experience in representing clients in relation to CLOs, risk retention transactions, warehouse transactions, redemptions, refinancings, and Volcker Rule and LIBOR transition implementation amendments.
Silverstein focuses primarily on corporate finance, structured finance and asset securitization. He represents banks and financial institutions in a variety of financing transactions, including structured finance, project finance, asset securitization, and secured and unsecured loan financing. He has worked with a range of clients from industries such as energy, transportation and real estate, and has experience in representing corporate trustees, servicers, subservicers, collateral agents, escrow agents, issuing and paying agents, administrative agents, as well as other service providers.
