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Vinson & Elkins Adds Finance Counsel Aditi Sharma in New York

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Sharma brings significant experience in-house and in private practice advising clients on finance matters.

Vinson & Elkins today announced that Aditi Sharma has joined the firm as a New York-based counsel in its Finance practice.

Sharma advises banks, other financial institutions, private credit funds, and corporate borrowers on complex cross-border and domestic leveraged finance transactions in the syndicated and direct lending markets.

She joins from Latham & Watkins, where she was a member of the Banking & Private Credit practice in New York. Earlier in her career, she was in-house counsel at ICICI Bank, a private sector bank, supporting its Treasury and Corporate Lending teams on derivatives, commercial financings, and interbank lending transactions.

“Aditi has a rare breadth of experience having advised lenders and borrowers in private practice and on the client side,” said Vinson & Elkins Partner David Wicklund, co-head of the firm’s Finance practice group. “That combination gives her a strong commercial sensibility and an understanding of what clients need.”

“Vinson & Elkins offers a premier finance platform with deep experience across the debt markets,” said Sharma. “I am excited to join a firm renowned for collaboration across practices and offices and for delivering sophisticated financing solutions to its clients.”

Sharma earned a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School and Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Gujarat National Law University.

Vinson & Elkins’ Acquisition & Leveraged Finance lawyers assist lenders, borrowers, and sponsors with financings for large-scale acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, initial public offerings, business expansions, and the development of new facilities. The team, located across the U.S. and in London, has experience with a broad range of loans and credit facilities.

About Vinson & Elkins
For more than a century, Vinson & Elkins has provided outstanding client service across important industries that drive the global economy. Built on a strong culture of collaboration across 14 offices worldwide, V&E lawyers are committed to excellence, offering clients decades of legal experience in handling transactions, investments, projects and disputes across the globe. Learn more by visiting www.velaw.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.

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