The law firm of Baker Donelson has expanded its financial services transactions practice in Raleigh with the addition of Shareholder Tricia A. McNeill, a corporate finance attorney with a focus on representing financial institutions, corporate borrowers, and private equity sponsors in a wide range of finance transactions.
Ms. McNeill, who joins Baker Donelson from the firm of Troutman Pepper Locke, represents bank and nonbank financial institutions, private credit funds, small business investment companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and public and privately held companies in finance transactions in the broadly syndicated and direct lending markets.
Kevin P. LaTulip Jr., chair of Baker Donelson's Financial Services Transactions Group, said, "Tricia's skillset in such a broad variety of finance transactions is an incredible asset to our practice. She brings the ability to lend valuable, informed guidance to our clients in the financial services industry."
Ms. McNeill's practice includes secured and unsecured credit facilities, leveraged financings, asset-based loans, mezzanine and second lien lending arrangements, refinancings and restructurings, private equity acquisition financings, and other complex finance transactions. "As a firm that represents so many of the top financial institutions, Baker Donelson offered a clear choice for me to be part of an experienced team that has earned the trust of lenders and investors across the financial services sector," said Ms. McNeill. "I'm also excited to add to the Firm's continued growth in North Carolina and be part of a team that truly values relationships – both internally and with clients."
Ms. McNeill has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts, and Private Equity Law (2023 – 2025). She is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, where she has served as Region VI president and deputy president and was a recipient of the organization's "Top Lawyers Under 40 Award". Ms. McNeill received her B.S. and M.A. from Western Carolina University and her J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law.