Ally de Padua
Partner
New York
Ally de Padua
Partner
New York
Contact details
Ally serves as counsel to banks and other financial institutions as lenders and strategic investors, as well as private equity funds and corporations as borrowers, in a wide range of domestic and international financings.
Her experience includes advising clients with respect to the financings of mergers and acquisitions, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, first and second lien financings and working capital and asset-based financings, with particular experience in negotiating and managing complex cross-border transactions.
Ally’s practice focuses on the Americas, and she is also a member of the Firm’s Latin America transaction practice, where she partners with her colleagues in our Capital Markets, Corporate and Project Finance practices to provide U.S. leveraged finance advice to clients making investments across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ally received the “Individual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion Award” from Allen & Overy’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group in 2023. She was also a member of the deal team that worked on the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” and the “Digital/Infrastructure/Telecoms Financing of the Year,” as recognized by LatinFinance, and the “Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year,” as recognized by the GFC Media Group, which is highlighted below.
Qualifications
Professional
Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2024
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2013
Academic
J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 2013
B.A., The University of Florida, 2008
Related articles
News: 31 October 2023
Allen & Overy recognized by the Bonds & Loans Latin America Awards
A&O acted as legal counsel on two transactions recognized by the Bonds & Loans Latin America Awards, highlighting A&O’s outstanding work in Latin America across various sectors.
Qualifications
Professional
Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2024
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2013
Academic
J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 2013
B.A., The University of Florida, 2008
Awards & accolades
Individual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion Award
A&O Americas Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards, 2023
Private Equity Deal of the Year
LatinFinance, 2022
Digital Infrastructure/Telecoms Financing of the Year
LatinFinance, 2022