Key Takeaways
- • DLA Piper has added three New York partners, Jesse Sheff, Seung-Ju Paik, and Preeta Paragash, to its Capital Solutions practice, according to the publisher's summary of the announcement.
- • The three partners advise private credit providers, investment and commercial banks, asset managers, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers, and have collectively advised on hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions.
- • The appointments extend the global Capital Solutions platform, which launched in March 2026 and has added 25 lawyers globally since its introduction.
- • The hires strengthen DLA Piper's coverage of leveraged finance, private credit, syndicated lending, sponsor finance, and fund finance as lending and private credit markets converge.
Summary
DLA Piper has expanded its Capital Solutions practice with the addition of partners Jesse Sheff, Seung-Ju Paik, and Preeta Paragash in New York. The appointments strengthen the firm's capabilities across leveraged finance, private credit, strategic capital solutions, syndicated lending, sponsor finance, and fund finance, according to the firm's announcement as reported by Pulse 2.0.
The three partners advise private credit providers, investment and commercial banks, asset managers, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers. Collectively, they have advised on hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, including major joint ventures, multibillion-dollar sponsor financings, and corporate financing arrangements across different levels of the capital structure and stages of the investment lifecycle.
The hires represent another step in the expansion of DLA Piper's global Capital Solutions platform, which launched in March 2026. Since its introduction, the platform has added 25 lawyers globally. The practice combines expertise in finance, private credit, restructuring, private equity, investment funds, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions, and is designed to support clients through financing origination, capital deployment, refinancing, restructuring, liability management, and investment exits.
The firm positions the expansion against a backdrop in which traditional lending, private credit, capital markets, and fund-level financing are increasingly interconnected. Frank Ryan, Global Chair of DLA Piper, said the growth reflects a commitment to clients' priorities as capital becomes more sophisticated, interconnected and global. Matt Schwartz, Co-Leader of DLA Piper's US Finance Practice, said the lines separating these markets "continue to blur, creating new opportunities and challenges for our clients."
The addition of the three partners broadens the firm's ability to advise on transactions involving both institutional lenders and alternative capital providers, according to the announcement.
The three partners advise private credit providers, investment and commercial banks, asset managers, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers. Collectively, they have advised on hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, including major joint ventures, multibillion-dollar sponsor financings, and corporate financing arrangements across different levels of the capital structure and stages of the investment lifecycle.
The hires represent another step in the expansion of DLA Piper's global Capital Solutions platform, which launched in March 2026. Since its introduction, the platform has added 25 lawyers globally. The practice combines expertise in finance, private credit, restructuring, private equity, investment funds, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions, and is designed to support clients through financing origination, capital deployment, refinancing, restructuring, liability management, and investment exits.
The firm positions the expansion against a backdrop in which traditional lending, private credit, capital markets, and fund-level financing are increasingly interconnected. Frank Ryan, Global Chair of DLA Piper, said the growth reflects a commitment to clients' priorities as capital becomes more sophisticated, interconnected and global. Matt Schwartz, Co-Leader of DLA Piper's US Finance Practice, said the lines separating these markets "continue to blur, creating new opportunities and challenges for our clients."
The addition of the three partners broadens the firm's ability to advise on transactions involving both institutional lenders and alternative capital providers, according to the announcement.
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