Dorothy Lila Foster

Senior Counsel

Areas of Focus

Dorothy Lila Foster

Senior Counsel

dorothy.foster@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Represents institutional investors, financial institutions and hedge funds.

Dorothy Foster focuses her practice on domestic and cross-border private placement financings, secured and unsecured debt and equity investments, and the restructuring of financial investments.

She regularly represents institutional investors, financial institutions and hedge funds in a variety of domestic and cross-border financial transactions, including purchases of privately placed debt and equity securities, secured and unsecured lending transactions, mezzanine finance, and other subordinated debt and equity investments.

Dorothy served as a law clerk for the Hon. Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. of the Connecticut Supreme Judicial Court.

Representative Work
  • Handled a $750 million private placement of senior secured notes issued by a national consumer products retail chain.
  • Counseled institutional investors in connection with the issuance of $521 million of secured notes in four separate series pursuant to a complex back-to-back funding arrangement involving 11 NBA teams and a funding intermediary to provide financing to various NBA teams.
  • Advised on a $500 million private placement of senior guaranteed notes issued by a diversified group of affiliated companies specializing in the production of highly engineered devices and services in the areas of motion control, flow control and metal treatment.
  • Served as counsel to institutional investors in connection with the issuance of $200 million of guaranteed senior notes by an Australian manufacturer and distributor of steel.
  • Assisted in a $100 million private placement of guaranteed senior secured notes issued by a leading publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States specializing in the ownership, leasing and financing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties and petroleum distribution terminals.

Education
  • J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, with honors, 2004

  • B.A., University of Connecticut, summa cum laude, 2001

Clerkships
  • Connecticut Supreme Court

Bar Admissions
  • Connecticut

  • Massachusetts

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Member, American Bar Association.
  • Member, Polish American Bar Association.

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