Kira L. Mineroff

Kira L. Mineroff

KEER-uh MIN-err-offPartner
Kira has deep and insightful technical and market knowledge … [she] has a keen skill in identifying and articulating the relevance or irrelevance of nuanced points.
— Senior Counsel of Client
Short HillsNew York
About

Kira Mineroff assists private and public company borrowers and private credit funds with debt financings, with a particular focus on the middle market. Her practice covers a wide range of leveraged finance solutions, including term loans, revolvers, ABLs, warehouse facilities and distressed out-of-court restructurings and debtor-in-possession financings.

Kira leverages the firm's network to answer unique and complex questions and assist with financings across the US and internationally. Her experience extends across a variety of industries, including REITs; financial services; professional and business services; consumer goods, food and retail; and technology.

Kira is the Finance Capability Co-Lead for Borrowers/Debtors.

Areas of FocusFinanceFund FinanceLeveraged Finance and Debt Finance
Bar admissionsNew JerseyNew York
Clients particularly value how Kira and her team operate: 'They lead and manage a transaction rather than simply follow our direction … They are great representatives of our brand as much as the DLA name inasmuch as they are calm, pragmatic, friendly, and responsive to both sides.'
— Senior Counsel of Client
[Kira and her team] are coordinated across international offices and can manage multi-jurisdictional process requirements independently without delay … They deliver added value after closing through practical interpretative guidance.
— Senior Counsel of Client

Representative Matters

  • Advised KBS REIT III, a publicly registered, widely held non-traded real estate investment trust, along with its numerous direct and indirect subsidiaries, in connection with refinancing and extending over US$1.3 billion of maturing loans, secured by premier commercial real estate throughout the US, such as Accenture in downtown Chicago
  • Represented IG Design Group PLC, an England-based designer and manufacturer of greetings cards, gift wrap, Christmas crackers, gift bags, partywares and other celebration products, in connection with its US$125 million senior secured ABL credit facility with HSBC Holdings PLC and NatWest Group PLC. The deal was structured to provide an innovative global financing solution that balances bank security while limiting the overall administrative burden of the company
  • Advised TIX 33433 in connection with a US$20 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, alongside affiliates of Omega Healthcare Investors, to LaVie Care Centers, an operator of 43 licensed skilled nursing facilities in 5 states. LaVie filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in the Northern District of Georgia. The DIP financing assists the debtor in satisfy its ongoing obligations and focus on delivering care during the bankruptcy
  • Advised Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), a leading owner and operator of retail real estate, in connection with its US$2 billion financial and corporate financial restructuring a prepackaged Chapter 11 filing
  • Represented Viola Credit, a global asset manager focused on providing asset-based lending solutions to the innovation economy, as servicer, and its affiliates, as borrowers, in connection with a loan from Apollo to support a strategic joint venture with Cadma, an affiliate of Apollo. The JV specializes in financing solutions for high-growth technology companies and the investment firms that sponsor them. The JV, with financing capacity of up to US$500 million, will focus on executing asset-based lending ("ABL") transactions originated and managed by Viola Credit
  • Advised Avison Young, a Toronto-based global commercial real estate services provider with more than 100 offices in 15 countries, in connection with its unique and customized out-of-court recapitalization
  • Represented The Hagerty Group, LLC, a specialty insurance company, in its execution of an amendment to a US$230 million JPMorgan credit facility in order to provide for additional flexibility in the company's operations. The amendment, among other things, added three new UK co-borrowers, new and increased covenant baskets, the ability to designate unrestricted subsidiaries, and various other amendments supporting the capital and operational needs of the company's Broad Arrow financing business; and assisted with its reinsurance subsidiary's US$25 million unsecured term loan credit facility from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  • Verra Mobility Corporation with amendments to its subsidiaries' first lien term loan and ABL credit facilities with Bank of America, which, among other things, established a US$250 million incremental term loan. The company used the proceeds of the loans, together with cash on hand, to acquire T2 Systems Parent Corporation, providing the company with an integrated suite of parking software and hardware solutions, rounding out the company's portfolio of urban mobility technology and diversifying its customer base
  • A private credit fund as arranger, administrative agent and last-out lender of senior secured revolving and term loan facilities to middle-market borrowers with private equity sponsors, the proceeds of which the borrowers use for acquisitions and working capital
  • A private credit fund as borrower under net asset value credit facilities from Ally Bank in a multimillion-dollar amount across multiple funds, the proceeds of which the funds used to originate loans
  • An international producer and distributor of medicinal and recreational cannabis based in Ontario, with its US$120 million credit facility with Bank of Montreal, consisting of a US$20 million revolver and a US$100 million term loan

Awards

Pro Bono

Kira leads the firm's New Jersey veteran's expungement project, assists victims of domestic violence with U-Visa petitions and represents not-for-profit corporations with corporate governance matters. She volunteers with the New York State Unified Court System's Access to Justice initiative, for which she has been recognized with an award for her many years of service (2024). She is also a recipient of Legal Services of New Jersey Equal Justice Medals (2025 and 2023).

Education
  • J.D., New York University, 2010
  • B.A., History, University of Delaware, 2007

Seminars

Media Mentions

My latest insights

Publication

Private Credit Pulse – Q2 2026

13 July 2026 .10 minute read

Publication

2026 Debtwire Private Credit Forum: Areas to watch for market participants

15 June 2026 .9 minute read

Publication

Agency roles in credit facilities: A comparison of the English and US markets

15 May 2026

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+1 212 335 4932
(Work, New York)
+1 215 407 0550
(Mobile, Short Hills)