Jessica Tuchinsky is a Partner in Simpson Thacher's Banking and Credit Practice in the Firm’s New York office. The Banking and Credit Practice is highly regarded on a national and global scale. The Firm recently was named “Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers USA. Jessica regularly represents leading financial institutions and investment banks with the arrangement and syndication of senior credit facilities, including acquisition, bridge and other corporate financings. She has significant experience in complicated financings in the leveraged finance, direct lending, investment grade, and asset-based markets. Her financial and investment banking clients have included JPMorgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, among others.
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Work Highlights
- JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in the $1.495 billion financing for Semtech Corporation’s acquisition of Sierra Wireless
- Lead Arrangers, led by JPMorgan, in a financing for Mastronardi Produce consisting of a $420 million Ag tranche term loan, a $300 million term loan A and a $200 million revolver
- JPMorgan as lead arranger of the $400 million financing for the acquisition by Buyer’s Edge Platform of ArrowStream
- JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in a $1,655 million financing for the acquisition by Deluxe Corporation of First American Payment Systems
- JPMorgan as lead arranger of the $3.7 billion DIP financing for LATAM Airlines; JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and other lead arrangers in LATAM’s DIP to exit financing
- JPMorgan as lead arranger in connection with Deere & Company’s $8 billion revolving facilities
- Lead arrangers, led by JPMorgan, in the $2.1 billion financing for the acquisition by Maximus of Veterans Evaluation Services
- Wells Fargo and other institutions as lead arranger of Boston Scientific Corporation’s $2.75 billion revolving credit facility
- Lead arrangers, led by JPMorgan, for Office Depot’s $1.2 billion ABL facility and $100 million FILO facility
- Lead Arrangers in a $1.65 billion financing for Rent-A-Center’s acquisition of Acima
- Lead Arrangers, led by Jefferies Finance LLC, in committed financing for AdaptHealth’s $2 billion acquisition of AeroCare
- BNP Paribas and Citi as lead arrangers in financing for the acquisition of Momentive Performance Materials by a consortium of SJL Partners LLC, KCC Corp. and Wonik QnC Corp.
- JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in a $450 million ABL facility for Del Monte Foods
Associations
- New York State Bar Association
- Board of Directors, Sanctuary for Families
Jessica Tuchinsky is a Partner in Simpson Thacher's Banking and Credit Practice in the Firm’s New York office. The Banking and Credit Practice is highly regarded on a national and global scale. The Firm recently was named “Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers USA.
Jessica regularly represents leading financial institutions and investment banks with the arrangement and syndication of senior credit facilities, including acquisition, bridge and other corporate financings. She has significant experience in complicated financings in the leveraged finance, direct lending, investment grade, and asset-based markets. Her financial and investment banking clients have included JPMorgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, among others.
Jessica’s recent experience includes advising:
- JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in the $1.495 billion financing for Semtech Corporation’s acquisition of Sierra Wireless
- Lead Arrangers, led by JPMorgan, in a financing for Mastronardi Produce consisting of a $420 million Ag tranche term loan, a $300 million term loan A and a $200 million revolver
- JPMorgan as lead arranger of the $400 million financing for the acquisition by Buyer’s Edge Platform of ArrowStream
- JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in a $1,655 million financing for the acquisition by Deluxe Corporation of First American Payment Systems
- JPMorgan as lead arranger of the $3.7 billion DIP financing for LATAM Airlines; JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and other lead arrangers in LATAM’s DIP to exit financing
- JPMorgan as lead arranger in connection with Deere & Company’s $8 billion revolving facilities
- Lead arrangers, led by JPMorgan, in the $2.1 billion financing for the acquisition by Maximus of Veterans Evaluation Services
- Wells Fargo and other institutions as lead arranger of Boston Scientific Corporation’s $2.75 billion revolving credit facility
- Lead arrangers, led by JPMorgan, for Office Depot’s $1.2 billion ABL facility and $100 million FILO facility
- Lead Arrangers in a $1.65 billion financing for Rent-A-Center’s acquisition of Acima
- Lead Arrangers, led by Jefferies Finance LLC, in committed financing for AdaptHealth’s $2 billion acquisition of AeroCare
- BNP Paribas and Citi as lead arrangers in financing for the acquisition of Momentive Performance Materials by a consortium of SJL Partners LLC, KCC Corp. and Wonik QnC Corp.
- JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in a $450 million ABL facility for Del Monte Foods
Jessica launched her legal career at Simpson Thacher in 2006 and was named partner in 2016. She received her J.D.,
cum laude, from Harvard Law School and her B.A.,
summa cum laude, in 2002 from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a University Trustee Scholar.