Preeta Paragash

Preeta Paragash

Partner
New York
About

Preeta Paragash represents investment banks, private credit funds, direct lenders, and other financial institutions in complex leveraged finance transactions and debt restructurings in the syndicated and private credit markets across a broad range of industries, including technology, energy and infrastructure, healthcare, hospitality, and graphics processing unit and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Preeta’s practice focuses primarily on both US and cross-border leveraged acquisition financings, unitranche facilities, first- and second-lien credit facilities, and leveraged and investment-grade corporate credit facilities, both generally and in the context of leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations.

Preeta is dual-qualified to practice New York and English law.

Areas of FocusCapital SolutionsLeveraged Finance and Debt FinanceFinance
Bar admissionsNew YorkEngland and Wales
Education
  • LL.M., Stanford Law School
  • B.A., University of Oxford

EXPERIENCE

Preeta’s experience prior to joining DLA Piper includes representing: 

  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in the refinancing of credit facilities for a global custom formulation, package design, and contract manufacturing company 
  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in the refinancing facilities for a spatial intelligence and Earth observation company
  • The agent and lenders in the financing to support the strategic partnership between a laundry processing and textile management services company and a long-duration private equity platform of a global investment firm 
  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in the maturity extension of the first-lien credit facilities for an enterprise cybersecurity company, a portfolio company of a private equity and private credit firm
  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in the upsized credit facilities for a wealth management and technology platform
  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in multiple financings for a wealth management firm, including to support its acquisitions of an investment advisor and a wealth management business
  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in the financing to support the acquisition of a global provider of cloud-based security, compliance, backup, and security awareness solutions by an enterprise cybersecurity company
  • The agent and joint lead arrangers in the financing to support the take-private acquisition of a customer experience automation company by a workforce engagement management software company, a portfolio company of a private equity and private credit firm
  • The lenders in the financing for an AI infrastructure company
  • A marketing, packaging, commercial print, and business services company in the financing to support its acquisition of the digital and print marketing businesses from a financial services company

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2022

Publications and media

  • Co-author, “United States Lending & Secured Finance,” Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2026

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