Day Pitney is pleased to announce that the firm has elected?Namita T. Shah?a partner of the firm. Ms. Shah is?resident in the firm's Hartford, CT, office and??is a member of the?firm's Municipal Finance and Institutional Finance and Commercial Lending practice groups.? ?
Ms. Shah is actively involved in all aspects of public finance, including bond authorizations, disclosure, tax issues, and issuance. She has acted as bond counsel, disclosure counsel,?underwriter's counsel and trustee's counsel?on numerous?general obligation and conduit financings. She has extensive experience with general state and municipal law as well as laws relating to state agencies and authorities.??
"Namita is an extremely talented attorney, and we are proud to welcome her into the partnership," said Dennis R. LaFiura, who is chairman of the firm's Executive Committee.
Her?institutional finance and commercial lending?work includes asset-backed structured financing and private placements of?secured and unsecured senior and mezzanine debt.???
Ms. Shah is a graduate of Boston University School of Law, magna cum laude, and is fluent in Hindi.?She is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers,?the Connecticut Government Finance Officers Association, the Northeast Women in Public Finance, the Connecticut Bar Association and the South?Asian Bar Association of Connecticut.? ?
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In October 2023, Day Pitney represented a state pension system client in connection with a $200 million investment in a $20 billion private equity fund, and its accompanying co-investment vehicle, focused on acquiring, operating and disposing of financing, software, data and technology-enabled businesses.
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