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Leia Clement Shermohammed is an associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice in the firm's Atlanta office. Leia’s practice focuses on representing debtors, lenders, and purchasers in chapter 11 reorganization cases. Leia also frequently represents lenders and agents in connection with complex workouts, restructurings, and bankruptcy matters as well as buyers and sellers in connection with distressed merger and acquisition transactions. Leia’s practice spans a number of industries, including the restaurant, hospitality, energy, manufacturing, real estate, and healthcare industries.
Leia devotes significant time to the restructuring professional community as the Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (NextGen) Board of Directors, as a Notes and Comments Advisory Committee Member of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, as a Barrister of the W. Homer Drake, Jr. Georgia Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, and as a member of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Atlanta Bar Association (Bankruptcy Section) and the State Bar of Georgia (Bankruptcy Section). Leia also speaks on a variety of bankruptcy-related topics, has authored and co-authored numerous articles, and is a guest lecturer at Emory University School of Law.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Leia served as law clerk to Chief Judge C. Ray Mullins of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia and Judge Mary Grace Diehl of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
J.D., Emory University School of Law
B.A., Economics, Emory University
Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk, The Honorable Mary Grace Diehl, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk, The Honorable C. Ray Mullins, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
American Bankruptcy Institute
Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program, Volunteer Presenter
Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Notes and Comments Advisory Committee Member
Emory Law Alumni Board
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Programming Chair
Turnaround Management Association NextGen, Atlanta Chapter, Board of Directors, Co-Chair
Turnaround Management Association NextGen, National Leadership Conference Committee Member
W. Homer Drake, Jr. Georgia Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, Barrister
Leia Clement Shermohammed to Speak at SFNet YoPro Leadership Summit
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May 15, 2022
Michael Handler, Thad Wilson and Leia Shermohammed counsel Pareteum in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
Ongoing
SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing's Suit Against Track Owner Concludes Litigation
December 3, 2021
Stratum Energy Group Consummates Out-Of-Court Restructuring
Representing Pareteum Corporation and its affiliates as special corporate and finance counsel in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of New York.
Represented JPMorgan in connection with the $200 million acquisition financing, used for various acquisitions including the acquisition of Suja Life, a sponsor-backed California-based producer of cold pressed juices and other organic beverages.
Represented Golub Capital in connection with the $200 million financing for various acquisitions by Audax Private Equity, including the acquisition of S.J. Electro Systems, an industry leader in the integration of engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
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March 31, 2021
Court Finds No Violation of Wells Fargo Conflict Waiver by Debtors’ Counsel
March 23, 2018
Judicial Estoppel, Res Judicata, and Collateral Estoppel in Bankruptcy Cases
May 15, 2022
Michael Handler, Thad Wilson and Leia Shermohammed counsel Pareteum in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
Ongoing
SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing's Suit Against Track Owner Concludes Litigation
December 3, 2021
Stratum Energy Group Consummates Out-Of-Court Restructuring
Representing Pareteum Corporation and its affiliates as special corporate and finance counsel in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of New York.
Represented JPMorgan in connection with the $200 million acquisition financing, used for various acquisitions including the acquisition of Suja Life, a sponsor-backed California-based producer of cold pressed juices and other organic beverages.
Represented Golub Capital in connection with the $200 million financing for various acquisitions by Audax Private Equity, including the acquisition of S.J. Electro Systems, an industry leader in the integration of engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
See more
March 31, 2021
Court Finds No Violation of Wells Fargo Conflict Waiver by Debtors’ Counsel
March 23, 2018
Judicial Estoppel, Res Judicata, and Collateral Estoppel in Bankruptcy Cases
May 15, 2022
Michael Handler, Thad Wilson and Leia Shermohammed counsel Pareteum in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
Ongoing
SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing's Suit Against Track Owner Concludes Litigation
December 3, 2021
Stratum Energy Group Consummates Out-Of-Court Restructuring
J.D., Emory University School of Law
B.A., Economics, Emory University
Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk, The Honorable Mary Grace Diehl, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk, The Honorable C. Ray Mullins, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
American Bankruptcy Institute
Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program, Volunteer Presenter
Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Notes and Comments Advisory Committee Member
Emory Law Alumni Board
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Programming Chair
Turnaround Management Association NextGen, Atlanta Chapter, Board of Directors, Co-Chair
Turnaround Management Association NextGen, National Leadership Conference Committee Member
W. Homer Drake, Jr. Georgia Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, Barrister
Leia Clement Shermohammed to Speak at SFNet YoPro Leadership Summit
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