Maxi is a Partner in the Assets & Structured Finance Group.

Maxi’s practice focuses on cross-border and domestic asset-based finance transactions primarily in the transportation space, with an emphasis on transactions in the shipping and aviation sectors. She regularly advises financial institutions (including commercial banks, funds and export credit agencies) as well as private and publicly listed companies on the structuring, negotiation and documentation of complex loan, security and leasing arrangements, including sale-leasebacks and asset acquisitions. In the maritime space, Maxi also regularly advises on Jones Act related matters, as well as on matters of Marshall Islands and Liberian corporate and maritime law.

Her native language is English and she is fluent in German.

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  • Advising a syndicate of banks led by Standard Chartered Bank on a US$1bn financing of a semi-submersible deepwater production unit owned by Petrobras.
  • Advising vessel owner with respect to a US$130m financing secured by U.S., Cayman Islands, UK and Marshall Islands flagged vessels.
  • Advising a syndicate of lenders globally coordinated by Nordea Bank Finland Plc, New York Branch, on a term loan facility of up to US$525m made available to Scorpio Tankers Inc. in connection with the acquisition of newbuilding tankers.
  • Advising a syndicate of lenders globally coordinated by DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, on a term loan facility of up to US$475m with ECA-backing made available to Scorpio Tankers Inc. in connection with the acquisition of newbuilding tankers.
  • Advising DVB Bank SE, NIBC Bank N.V. and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. in connection with the Chapter 11 restructuring of various financing facilities for the offshore assets of the Ultrapetrol Group.
  • Advising a major Spanish bank in connection with a Swedish ECA-backed loan to various borrowers to finance the purchase of green Scania AB buses to be operated by Transmilenio in the public transportation system of Bogota, Colombia.
  • Acting for Dorian LPG Ltd. in connection with a US$62m loan facility partially guaranteed by K-Sure with Citicorp International Limited as agent and security trustee and Citibank, N.A., Hong Kong Branch, as K-Sure agent.
  • Acting for BNP Paribas S.A in connection with a EUR140m untied SACE facility made available to a Colombian renewable energy company.

Education

  1. 2012 · Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
  2. 2008 · Georgetown University, B.A., magna cum laude

memberships & associations

  1. New York State Bar Association
  2. WISTA: Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association