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Overview
Joyce Shin is Of-Counsel in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Chicago office. Her practice focuses on representing both lenders and borrowers in all aspects of complex financings, including leveraged, asset-based, back leverage, senior, mezzanine, and subordinated debt transactions, with a particular emphasis in the fintech market.
Ms. Shin represents numerous fintech lenders and fintech originators as borrowers in financing secured by various types of fintech assets, including consumer loans, business loans, credit card receivables and merchant cash advances. Ms. Shin also has extensive experience in leveraged buyouts and acquisition financings working with private equity funds.
Recognitions
- Named among 2024 “Women in Secured Finance” by The Secured Lender - March 13th, 2024
- Shortlisted for a Finance Rising Star award at Delinian’s Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023
- The Legal 500, Finance - Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers (2021).
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2013
- Duke University, B.S., (cum laude), 2008
Representations
- Negotiated credit facility terms and related bespoke legal documentation for fintech clients' assets such as mobile application revenue stream, consumer and small business loans, credit card receivables and merchant cash advances
- Representation of various private equity firms, including Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, CDH Investments, Cortec Group, DW Healthcare Partners, H.I.G. Capital, Industrial Growth Partners, May River Capital, Novacap TMT, Pfingsten Partners, and Parallel49 Equity, and their respective portfolio companies, in connection with acquisitions financings, dividend recapitalizations, and other finance transactions
- CDW LLC in connection with its revolving and term loan credit facilities
- Motivate International Inc. in connection with financing bicycle program expansions
- Stryker Corporation in connection with its revolving credit facility
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Galway Sustainable Credit in Significant Investment from Macquarie Asset Management - June 15th, 2023
- Elicia Ling Wins “Project Finance Lawyer of the Year” at Delinian’s Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023 - June 9th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Shortlisted for Six Awards at Delinian’s Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023 - April 14th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises 2U, Inc. in Acquisition of edX - June 29th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Represented Caithness Energy in Sale of 845MW Shepherd’s Flat Wind Farm - March 25th, 2021
- Spectrum Equity LLC Sells Spectrum Parent Inc. to HealthPro Holdings - March 10th, 2021
- Caithness Energy Announces $1.6 Billion Debt and Equity Financing for Guernsey Power Station - August 30th, 2019
- Carter's Secures Financing for Subsidiaries - September 23rd, 2015
- Paul Hastings Named Legal 500 United States Private Equity Buyouts Team of the Year - June 23rd, 2015
Recognitions
- Paul Hastings Lawyers Shortlisted for Women in Business Law Americas Awards 2024 - April 10th, 2024
- Joyce Shin Named Among 2024 “Women in Secured Finance” by The Secured Lender - March 13th, 2024
- Elicia Ling Wins “Project Finance Lawyer of the Year” at Delinian’s Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023 - June 9th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Shortlisted for Six Awards at Delinian’s Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023 - April 14th, 2023
Engagement & Publications
- Advised Mexican lender R2 Capital in connection with a US$100 million warehouse loan
Involvement
- Co-Chair, Chicago Office, Paul Hastings’ Asian Affinity Network
- Member, Chicago Office, Talent Development Committee (2014-2021)