Davis Polk has announced that Jon Finelli, Ruben Henriquez, Beth LeBow, Stefani Myrick, Tierney O’Rourke, Jonah Peppiatt and Matt Yeowart have been elected partners of the firm, effective July 1, 2025.

Jon Finelli is a member of Davis Polk’s Restructuring practice in New York. Jon represents a variety of clients in a broad range of complex U.S. and cross-border financings, market-leading liability management transactions, and in-court and out-of-court restructurings. He has significant experience representing both borrowers and creditors in leveraged and investment-grade acquisition financings, asset-based and asset-backed financings, public and private placements, direct lending and special opportunity transactions, and debtor-in-possession and exit financings.

Ruben Henriquez is a member of Davis Polk’s Finance practice in New York. Ruben advises direct lenders in a wide range of private credit financings, including senior stretch and unitranche facilities, club financings and recurring revenue transactions. He also has significant experience representing major investment and commercial banks in secured syndicated first-lien and second-lien financings and cross-border acquisition financings.

Beth LeBow is a member of Davis Polk’s Corporate practice in Northern California. Beth advises issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings, private placements, and debt and convertible debt offerings. She also provides advice to clients on public reporting, securities compliance and corporate governance matters. Beth has experience across a wide variety of industries, with a particular focus on healthcare, life sciences and technology.

Stefani Johnson Myrick is a member of Davis Polk’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice in Washington, DC. Stefani’s practice focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions, with a particular focus on matters related to the enforcement of the federal securities laws. She has represented public companies, financial institutions, boards of directors and individuals in connection with investigations by the SEC, DOJ, CFTC and others concerning disclosures, accounting and internal controls. Stefani also represents clients in connection with confidential internal investigations. She advises clients on corporate governance and compliance matters, including the design of policies and procedures to mitigate insider trading and other securities law risks.

Tierney O’Rourke is a member of Davis Polk’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate practices in Northern California. Tierney advises U.S. and international clients on a range of private and public M&A transactions, including cross-border transactions. Her M&A experience includes mergers, securities acquisitions, carve-outs, majority and minority investments, joint ventures and activism defense. She also advises clients on securities and corporate matters, including debt and equity offerings, public company reporting and corporate governance. Tierney’s practice spans a range of industries, with a particular focus on the technology, fintech, life sciences and financial services sectors.

Jonah Peppiatt is a member of Davis Polk’s Restructuring practice in New York. Jonah advises companies, creditors, lenders, hedge funds, banks and other strategic parties on a wide range of corporate restructurings, bankruptcies and liability management transactions. His work includes prepackaged and traditional bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, debt refinancings and exchanges, and sale transactions. His representations span a variety of industries, including power, energy, retail, telecommunications, consumer products and aviation.

Matt Yeowart is a member of Davis Polk’s Antitrust & Competition practice. Matt works across London and Brussels, with extensive experience advising on complex, high-profile global, U.K. and EU merger control and foreign direct investment reviews, as well as conduct issues and enforcement matters. He represents clients in cases before the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission and the U.K. Investment Security Unit and develops strategies for obtaining transaction clearances across international jurisdictions. He has also advised clients in relation to proceedings before the European Courts, the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal and the U.K. High Court.

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