Overview
Diala Minott is a private funds lawyer in the credit funds practice in the London office of Paul Hastings. She advises on a wide range of fund-related work including private equity, private debt, real estate, mezzanine, venture, credit, infrastructure, funds of funds, distressed and special situations, and activist funds, as well as on the structuring of carried interest, co-investment and other incentive schemes, secondary transactions, and fund restructurings . She also specializes in direct lending funds, having set up the first regulated direct lending fund in Luxembourg in 2009 for ICG. She acts for investors for solvency 2 planning and also lobbies the regulators for improvements in the banking monopoly regimes around Europe on behalf of her clients. She also acts for governments, improving their funds legislations. Mrs. Minott also specializes in credit funds structured finance transactions, including acting on numerous CLOs and CDOs-both pre- and post-crisis-as well as acting on bespoke hybrid mid-market CLO-type funds.
Her clients include the following: Pemberton, Cheyne, Apollo, Blackrock, Monroe, Idinvest, ICG, Aviva Investors, Pantheon, Insight Management, PGIM, Ostrum, and BNP, amongst others.
Accolades and Recognitions
Recommended for Structured Products and named a "Next Generation Partner" for Investment Funds by Legal 500 UK 2020
Winner of Women in Law Award - British Legal Awards 2019
Winner of "Law Firm of the Year: Europe" by Private Debt Investor in 2018 and shortlisted for 2019
Winner of "Law Firm of the Year - Lending & Securities" at the Alt Credit Fund Intelligence Europe Awards 2019
Shortlisted for 'Best Onshore Law Firm' at the upcoming HFM (Hedge Fund Management) European Service Awards 2020
Nominated for "Funds Team of the Year" at The Lawyer Awards 2018
Nominated for "Transatlantic Finance Team of the Year" at the Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018
Nominated for "Best Onshore Fund Formation Law Firm" at the Private Equity Service Awards 2018
Commended in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report 2018
Named "Top Global CLO Arranger Counsel" for 2019 by Creditflux magazine in their February 2020 issue (the third year in a row)
Identified as a "Rising Star" in Legal 500, 2015
Education
University of Nottingham Trent
London School of Economics LLB
Admissions
Solicitor in England and Wales
news
insights
events
rankings
Speaking Engagements
Recent Representations
Advising government of Gibraltar on their funds legislation
Advised on the establishment of ICG's Senior Debt Partners Fund
Advised on the inaugural direct lending for Black Rock
Advised on the inaugural direct lending for Apollo
Advised on the inaugural direct lending for Monroe
Advised on the inaugural direct lending for Idinvest
Advised on the inaugural direct lending for Pemberton
Advised on Cheyne 's direct lending fund
Advised on Cheyne 's social impact fund
Advised on ICG 's credit opps fund
Advised on ICG 's sale and leaseback fund
Advised on the inaugural direct lending for Pantheon
Advised on the establishment of Aviva Investors European Secondary Infrastructure Credit SV. S.A.
Advised on the establishment of Aviva Infrastructure Debt Europe I.S.A.
Advised on the establishment of Carlyle Global Master Credit Funds PLC
Acting for Antehmis on various technology fund structures
Advising Pemberton on their credit opportunity fund
Advising Pantheon on their credit opportunity fund
Advising Insight Management on bank monopoly rules