BOSTON, February 4, 2025 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to share that Private Funds CFO has named private credit partner Jessica Shearer to its 2025 “New Faces of Finance” list. This annual honor recognizes individuals under the age of 40 who are playing a key role in shaping the future of finance.
Jessica’s experience includes a wide range of financing types across various industries. She is skilled in navigating highly complex private credit transactions and represents private credit providers, including senior lenders, business development companies, mezzanine funds, small business investment company funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds in connection with acquisition financing, refinancing and restructuring transactions across the middle market.
Clients turn to Jessica as their trusted advisor and she has played a pivotal role in expanding Proskauer’s private credit capabilities, utilizing her expertise and market knowledge to help drive growth across the Firm. In addition, Jessica is a dedicated mentor to junior lawyers and actively supports their development through personalized guidance and program initiatives.
Now in its third year, Private Funds CFO’s “New Faces of Finance” list celebrates the up-and-coming generation of top talent in the private markets industry. Inclusion is determined based on several criteria, including evidence of leadership and innovation, the caliber of work and achievements nominees have been involved in, and possession of an “X factor” that makes the nominee stand out as a future leader in private debt.
View Jessica’s profile: Private Funds CFO New Faces of Finance
About Proskauer
The world’s leading organizations and global players choose Proskauer to represent them when they need it the most. With 800+ lawyers in key financial centers around the world, we are known for our pragmatic and commercial approach. Proskauer is the place to turn when a matter is complex, innovative and game-changing. We work seamlessly across practices, industries and jurisdictions with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies.
The Firm’s Private Credit Group is made up of cross-disciplinary finance and restructuring experts exclusively dedicated to private credit investors. It includes over 110 finance and restructuring lawyers focused on representing credit funds, business development companies, and other direct lending funds in the restructuring of “clubbed” and syndicated credits, preferred equity, special situations and alternative investments. Over the past five years, Proskauer has been involved in over 1,200 deals for more than 100 private credit clients across the U.S. and Europe with an aggregate transaction value exceeding $350 billion.
