Eliza is counsel in the firm’s corporate practice. She represents secured lenders, private credit funds, corporate borrowers and equity sponsors, special situations investors and other financial investors in a wide range of financing transactions.

She advises on domestic and international private equity-sponsored leverage buyouts, direct lending, syndicated, secured and investment grade strategic acquisition financings, first and second lien financings, bridge loans and working capital facilities.

Prior to joining Akin, Eliza was a finance associate at another major global law firm. Her experience includes representing secured lenders, corporate borrowers and equity sponsors in a wide range of financing transactions across numerous industries.

Eliza earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a Dillard Fellow for Legal Research & Writing, and assistant technical editor for the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law.