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This 4th annual conference provides the latest and most relevant content for direct lending funds, BDCs, and their bank funding...

This 4th annual conference provides the latest and most relevant content for direct lending funds, BDCs, and their bank funding partners including fundraising strategies, financing pathways (NAV, warehouse/sub lines and CFOs) and major regulatory developments. Allocators will have the opportunity to network with funds, hear the outlook for credit performance, and identify investment opportunities. Tammy Davies and Michael Vernace are attending.<hr>

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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

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Michael Vernace is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco office and member of the firm’s Finance and Private Equity Investments + Buyouts Groups.Mike’s practice focuses on supporting sponsor-borrowers along with additional lender-side representations and borrower-side bankruptcy remote financings. He regularly advises clients through syndicated finance and other commercial lending transactions, including acquisition, leveraged, investment-grade, asset-based, corporate, receivables, net asset value, and hybrid financings. He has extensive experience representing prominent private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in complex domestic and cross-border financings, including acquisition financings and refinancings. He has led transactions covering a range of industries, including healthcare and life sciences, tech, telecommunications, and media and entertainment, among others.Mike was recently recognized by The Legal 500 Green Guide: United States 2024 for his efforts in promoting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, and he brings a wealth of experience from his previous role in another global law firm’s banking and credit group.Mike received his J.D. from Duke University and his B.S. in business administration, summa cum laude, from Boston University. He is admitted to practice in both California and New York.

Michael Vernace

Lending + Financial Transactions

MoFo/DC Advisory at LSTA Reception

12 May 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT