Jennifer Daly is a partner in King & Spalding’s New York office and is the head of the Private Credit and Special Situations group. Having previously held senior roles in the financial services and investment management sectors at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and distressed credit fund Avenue Capital, Jennifer, most recently, was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of the hedge fund Hunter Peak Investments before rejoining our firm.

Jennifer is lead counsel for private credit funds, special situation and opportunistic funds, business development companies (BDCs), hedge funds and other investment advisors, leading financial institutions and borrowers in LBOs, leveraged finance, unitranche, first lien/second lien, mezzanine, Debtor-in-Possession financings, Rescues, Exits, liability management transactions and other secured and unsecured lending transactions, with a focus on both performing credit and the finance elements of in and out of court workouts and restructurings.

Some of Jennifer’s significant representations include Antares, Apollo, Blue Torch Capital, CVC, Blackstone Credit, KKR, Owl Rock, MSD Capital, Park Square Capital, Sound Point Capital and New Mountain Capital.

Jennifer has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, IFLR1000, Legal 500 and was most recently named to Crain’s New York Business 2023 Notable Women in Law List and won the New York Law Journal’s Innovation Award in 2022, which recognizes “creative and inspiring approaches and forward-thinking firms and individuals” for launching the King & Spalding private credit and special situations investing mobile app, The Hub.