Jane Summers

Education

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School

Summary of Experience

Ms. Summers is a legal expert with more than 40 years of experience, specializing in complex financial and legal issues in leveraged finance, commercial lending, debt capital markets, and loan trading, with a focus on credit documentation and market practices. She is regularly engaged as an expert and consultant in matters involving syndicated lending, intercreditor arrangements, and industry custom and usage; has served as an expert witness; and is certified with the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR) as a commercial arbitrator. Ms. Summers’ publications and commentary on the transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), covenant-lite structures, and credit risk have appeared in legal and financial publications, including the International Comparative Legal Guides, and she has spoken widely at industry and bar association conferences on leveraged finance and market structure. Previously, Ms. Summers was a partner in the finance department of Latham & Watkins, where she represented financial institutions and private capital providers in secured and unsecured lending, cross-border financings, and distressed debt strategies; served on the firm’s ethics and finance committees; and was a founder of the firm’s Women Enriching Business initiative. She also served as executive vice president and general counsel of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, deputy general counsel at Barclays Capital, and counsel in the leveraged finance group at O’Melveny & Myers. During her years of active legal practice, Ms. Summers was admitted to the New York Bar and to the US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.