Mohammed A. Alvi joined Katten’s private credit practice as a partner in Los Angeles, expanding the team that works with active investors in the sector and has successfully solved for virtually every deal variation in the space, regularly closing 750-plus transactions a year.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mohammed. His extensive experience advising a range of industry clients on the borrower’s and lender’s side further strengthens our ability to deliver sophisticated, commercial solutions in an increasingly complex and competitive market,” Michael Jacobson, private credit department chair at Katten, said. “Our clients continue to entrust us with their most consequential transactions, and we are investing to meet that demand.”
Formerly a finance partner at another Big Law firm, Alvi represents private equity sponsors, private and public companies, direct lenders and underwriters in a wide range of complex debt financing transactions. He takes a practical approach to structuring and executing financings across market cycles, guiding clients through syndicated and direct credit facilities, high-yield debt offerings, acquisition financings, recapitalizations, restructurings and refinancings, often with cross-border elements and intricate intercreditor dynamics.
Alvi’s broad experience spans work with clients in life sciences, technology, health care, retail, gaming, professional sports and financial services, among others. He regularly advises on secured and unsecured credit facilities, equity-linked debt offerings and bespoke special situations mandates for both borrowers and lenders.
“We look forward to the impact Mohammed will make from day one,” Christine Noelle Fitzgerald, Los Angeles managing partner at Katten, said. “His arrival underscores the extraordinary momentum of our private credit practice, our broader finance offerings and, by extension, our firm on the West Coast and well beyond.”
