Debevoise & Plimpton has appointed finance lawyer Sunil W Savkar as as partner and member of the firm’s Finance Group and Private Equity Group. Savkar’s practice will focus on complex acquisition and leveraged financings. He will be resident in the firm’s New York office.
“We are thrilled to welcome Sunil to Debevoise,” says Michael W Blair, the firm’s Presiding Partner. “Sunil’s nearly 20 years of broad-gauged finance experience aligns perfectly with our leveraged finance practice. Sunil brings a valuable perspective on complex finance issues that will make him particularly attractive to our clients, and further enhance our finance team.”
“Adding a partner of Sunil’s caliber and remarkable insight is an important step in continuing to maintain the firm’s strong market position in leveraged finance and private equity more generally,” says Jeffrey E Ross, Chair of the firm’s Finance Group.
Savkar has built a reputation as a leader in the leveraged finance space. He has advised private equity clients and their portfolio companies, corporate borrowers and lenders in senior and junior credit facilities, mezzanine and subordinated financings and high-yield offerings. His transactions have included numerous large and middle-market domestic and international financing transactions.
“I am delighted to be joining Debevoise,” says Savkar. “Debevoise has long had a sterling reputation in helping clients navigate complex financings and I am looking forward to being part of the firm’s team-oriented service culture. I could not have chosen a more ideal place to begin the next phase of my career.”
Savkar received his JD from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Kent Scholar and Articles Editor of the Columbia Journal of Transactional Law. He received his Master’s of Engineering and BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Savkar worked in the semiconductor and computer industries for five years before attending law school.
