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2025 Kayo Women’s Debt Finance Forum

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Morrison Foerster was a proud sponsor of the 2025 Kayo Women’s Debt Finance Forum, where over 150 distinguished women—allocators,...

Morrison Foerster was a proud sponsor of the 2025 <a href="https://kayoconferenceseries.com/debt-finance-summits/" target="_blank">Kayo Women’s Debt Finance Forum</a>, where over 150 distinguished women—allocators, borrowers, lenders, and advisors—gathered for a day of curated networking and insightful discussions in New York on February 10–11. The Forum’s agenda provided a deep dive into the topics of direct lending, asset-based lending, distressed debt, CLOs, secondaries, and other emerging strategies.Yemi Tépé, the co-chair of MoFo’s global Finance Group, moderated the morning panel “Deals Fireside Chat,” which provided insights on private credit strategies, the evolving landscape of sustainable financing, and more. Additionally, MoFo finance partner Tammy Davies moderated the “Beyond Direct Lending: A Closer Look at Asset-Based and Investment-Grade Opportunities” panel.<hr>

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Yemi Tépé is Global Co-Chair of the Finance Group of Morrison Foerster. With more than 24 years advising clients on the full spectrum of event-driven financings and private equity buyouts, she has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance, public to private takeovers, real estate finance, debt structuring and restructuring, margin loans, syndicated lending and subscription line financing.Her clients include leading international banks and financial institutions, private equity sponsors, multinational corporations, alternative financiers such as credit funds, hedge funds and asset managers and emerging growth, mid-cap, and large public and privately held companies.Yemi also sits on MoFo’s Board of Directors, Global Diversity Strategy Committee, ESG Steering Committee and Pro Bono Committee.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the $5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li></ul><ul><li>The senior lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the acquisition of TRY Group, the largest one-to-one tutoring services provider in Japan.</li></ul><ul><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in relation to subscription line facilities for GLP Japan Development Partners IV (JDP IV), which will have USD9.1 billion in assets under management when fully deployed, one of the largest-ever Japan-focused private real estate funds.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. on a USD658 million sustainability linked syndicated loan facility.</li><li>The mezzanine lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the USD1.5 billion acquisition of Shiseido's personal care business.</li><li>The mezzanine lenders on Bain Capital’s approximately USD380 million acquisition of Kirindo, a Japanese pharmacy chain store operator. </li><li>SoftBank Group Corporation in connection with senior and mezzanine acquisition facilities for OYO’s acquisition of Netherlands-based @Leisure. </li><li>PA Chokmah Investment Limited (wholly owned by Ping An Overseas Holdings), as lender in relation to a HKD500 million convertible loan to Wisdom Education International Holdings Company Limited, a Hong Kong listco, principally engaged in operating premium primary and secondary schools in China.</li><li>BlackRock in relation to offshore and onshore acquisition financing in its acquisition of two blocks of grade-A office buildings in Changning, Shanghai from PGIM Real Estate, a property investment affiliate of Prudential Financial.</li><li>MUFG Bank, Ltd. as mandated lead arranger and underwriter of acquisition facilities for two strategic acquisitions aggregating close to USD1billion by Siam City Cement Public Company Limited, a listco on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and Thailand’s second largest cement producer, from LafargeHolcim Ltd.</li><li>Various lenders and private equity funds in relation to capital call/subscription facilities, fund financings and borrowing base facilities.</li></ul>

Yemi Tépé

Partner

Tammy Davies is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s New York office and member of the firm’s Finance Group.Specializing in bespoke and complex credit arrangements, Tammy represents alternative lenders and private credit funds in a wide range of middle market financings and special situations, including acquisition financing, opportunistic credit solutions, asset-based lending, junior capital and second lien facilities, bifurcated unitranche facilities, structured financial arrangements, and other unique financing strategies. Tammy also advises private credit funds with NAV facilities, hybrid facilities and other credit support for fund portfolios. She has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border transactions across a variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, retail, media, gaming, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and financial services.Tammy was recently recognized as an industry leader in the 2025 Leaders in Credit and Debt Finance Report by Kayo, and brings a wealth of experience from her previous role in another global law firm’s alternative lender and private credit practice, as well as its special situations group.She holds a B.S. in economics with honors from the University of South Carolina and graduated cum laude with a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law.Active in the legal community, Tammy is a member of the American Bar Association and the Asian American Bar Association of New York.

Tammy Davies

Lending + Financial Transactions

2025 Kayo Women’s Debt Finance Forum

10 Feb 2025 - 11 Feb 2025