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Russell DaSilva

Senior Counsel
New York

Senior Counsel, New York

T: +1.212.858.1066
T: +1.212.858.1066

Areas of Focus

Russell DaSilva draws on over 30 years of global experience and fluency in several languages as he advises general corporate lending, trade finance and leveraged acquisition finance clients, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions.

Russell’s clients are lenders, borrowers, arrangers, agents and secondary market participants in credit transactions of all types. He is known for his pragmatic approach to deal-making, focusing on what matters most, finding creative solutions that suit the needs of all parties, building consensus and getting results.

Representative Experience

  • Led a national team of more than 20 lawyers in representing a U.S.-nationwide wholesale products distributor and successfully negotiated and closed a U.S. $4.5 billion asset-based lending facility.
  • Represented a multilateral financial institution in structuring, drafting and closing a global trade liquidity program, giving individual entrepreneurs and small businesses in Africa, Asia, Pacific and Latin America access to trade and microfinance credit.
  • Represented a North American export credit agency in loans to a Chilean metals exporter.

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  • Represented a U.S. private equity fund as arranger of syndicated loans to a Mexican retailer.
  • Represented a Japanese bank in documenting and closing loans to a Chilean metals exporter.
  • Represented a government-owned energy company in Latin America in the structuring and documentation of its letter of credit program supporting energy sales.
  • Represented an English bank in documenting secured loans to a Dutch supplier of ophthalmic products.
  • Represented a Mexican retailer as borrower under syndicated credit facilities.
  • Represented a European development bank in loans to a bank in Argentina.
  • Represented a French bank in documenting Peso-indexed loans to Colombian banks.

Professional Highlights

  • International Bar Association, Banking Law Committee Advisory Board Member (2019), Banking Law Committee Co-Chair (2015-2017); frequent conference speaker and panel moderator.
  • Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
  • Recognized by International Financial Law Review for Financial & Corporate– United States (2019).

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  • Speaking Engagements

Education

  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 1979
    Editor, Harvard International Law Journal

    B.A., English, Princeton University, 1976
    summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • New York

Courts

  • All State Courts of New York

    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Languages

  • Spanish

    French

    Portuguese

    Japanese

Russell's Insights

Alert 02.16.21

New York State Assembly Reintroduces Legislation Imposing Recording Tax on Mezzanine Debt and Certain Preferred Equity Investments

On January 22, 2021, several New York State Assembly Members reintroduced legislation (Bill No. A03139) that seeks to amend New York's Real Property Law and Tax Law, New York’s Tax Law and New York’s Uniform Commercial Code to (i) require the recordation of mezzanine debt and certain preferred equity investments (specifically by means of the filing of financing statements) and (ii) impose recording tax on such debt and investments. The proposed legislation raises a number of practical questions regarding the mechanics of recordation and also regarding its potentially broad reach.

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