Julia Kohen is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she is a member of the Firm’s pre-eminent Banking and Credit and Fund Finance Practices. Julia represents financial sponsors in connection with subscription credit facilities and NAV financings for their private equity, real estate, energy, infrastructure, secondaries, credit and other investment funds, as well as management lines and co-investment loan programs. She has extensive experience structuring complicated financing arrangements designed to provide fund-level leverage to facilitate and support investment activities. Julia has been recognized by Law360 as a 2020 “Rising Star” in Banking.
In addition, Julia has co-authored chapters in several editions of Global Legal Insights’ Fund Finance guide, which covers legal trends and developments in the greater fund finance market and provides law firms, financial institutions, funds and investors with comprehensive insight.
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Work Highlights
- Subscription (or capital call) facilities secured by uncalled capital commitments and related rights, with borrowing base capacity for the fund, as well as its parallel funds, alternative investment vehicles and portfolio companies
- NAV-based facilities and hybrid variations secured by fund-level assets and other investments
- Co-investment loan programs made available, directly or indirectly, to employees and partners and secured by their fund interests
- General partner facilities and management lines provided to investment advisors for working capital purposes
- Unsecured demand lines with an uncalled capital coverage requirement
- Fund guarantees of portfolio level investments
- Liquidity financings for registered funds
Accolades
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Law360 2020 “Rising Star” in Banking
Education
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Duke University School of Law, 2007 J.D.
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Article Editor; Faculty Award for Community Leadership
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University of Delaware, 2003 M.A.
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University of Delaware, 2003 B.A.
cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; DuPont Scholar; Warner Award for Outstanding Senior Woman
Associations
- Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A Young Professionals for Justice Board, Founding Member and Member of the Board of Directors
Julia Kohen is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she is a member of the Firm’s pre-eminent Banking and Credit and Fund Finance Practices. Julia represents financial sponsors in connection with subscription credit facilities and NAV financings for their private equity, real estate, energy, infrastructure, secondaries, credit and other investment funds, as well as management lines and co-investment loan programs. She has extensive experience structuring complicated financing arrangements designed to provide fund-level leverage to facilitate and support investment activities. Julia has been recognized by Law360 as a 2020 “Rising Star” in Banking.
Julia regularly advises on a wide variety of financings crucial to the formation and ongoing operations of investment funds, including:
- Subscription (or capital call) facilities secured by uncalled capital commitments and related rights, with borrowing base capacity for the fund, as well as its parallel funds, alternative investment vehicles and portfolio companies
- NAV-based facilities and hybrid variations secured by fund-level assets and other investments
- Co-investment loan programs made available, directly or indirectly, to employees and partners and secured by their fund interests
- General partner facilities and management lines provided to investment advisors for working capital purposes
- Unsecured demand lines with an uncalled capital coverage requirement
- Fund guarantees of portfolio level investments
- Liquidity financings for registered funds
In addition, Julia has co-authored chapters in several editions of Global Legal Insights’ Fund Finance guide, which covers legal trends and developments in the greater fund finance market and provides law firms, financial institutions, funds and investors with comprehensive insight.
She was a founding member of the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A Young Professionals for Justice board, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the organization. Brooklyn Legal Services is a not-for-profit organization that provides high-quality legal services to low-moderate income individuals, CBOs and CDCs in Brooklyn and throughout New York City.
Julia received her J.D. from Duke University, where she served as the Article Editor for the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy and was awarded the Faculty Award for Community Leadership. She received her M.A. and B.A., cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Delaware.