Deborah P. Low
Biography
Deborah Low is co-head of Haynes Boone’s Fund Finance practice and a partner in the Finance Practice Group in New York. She represents foreign and domestic institutional lenders and other finance clients in secured and unsecured transactions, specializing in subscription line and NAV credit facilities, as well as syndicated lending, corporate finance, leveraged finance, asset backed finance, and other leverage solutions for funds. In her role as co-head of Haynes Boone’s Fund Finance practice group, she helps guide a global team of more than 75 attorneys delivering innovative financing solutions across the full spectrum of fund finance products.
Deborah also co-chairs the firm’s annual NAV lending conference (NAVember), a widely regarded market-leading event that is attended by hundreds of participants. Her continued leadership at NAVember has helped guide market dialogue during a period of rapid evolution in the fund finance industry and further solidified her position as a trusted voice in the NAV space.
Deborah also established the Firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice and led the LSTA working group drafting guidance for sustainability linked loans in the fund finance market.
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- Extensive experience representing large U.S banks and sponsors in a diverse array of subscription line credit facilities, including SMAs, continuation funds, HNW Investor borrowing bases, complex multi-jurisdictional structures and rated note feeder vehicles.
- Represented large European bank in a sustainability-linked syndicated subscription line to a large BDC company which includes KPIs related to investment into working class communities, including through infrastructure construction and generation of jobs and other work benefits and resources.
- Represented one of Japan’s largest banks in multiple syndicated NAV credit facilities.
- Counseled several US banks in the creation and administration of partner loan and GP co-invest programs for large private equity sponsors.
- Represented lenders in an array of back leverage and family office financing to support investment activity.
- Represented lenders and borrowers in connection with management company lines of credit, including a $300 million facility to a large US-based sponsor
- Advised clients on numerous UCC issues including cross-jurisdictional concerns, title and credit support requirements.
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- Fund Finance Association, Women in Fund Finance Planning Committee: Member
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- Selected as a “Rising Star” by The New York Law Journal’s New York Legal Awards, 2023
- Included in the "Ones to Watch" category of Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., 2021-2022
- Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, for Securities and Corporate Finance, 2017-2020
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- “Structured Solutions/Creative Capital Raising Workshop”, panelist, International Bar Association Private Funds Conference, March 9, 2026.
- “Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about NAV Financing,” panelist, NAVember, November 20, 2025.
- “Sponsor Perspectives”, panelist, NAVigate, October 8, 2025.
- “Fund Finance – Principles, Benefits and Trends of Subscription Lines for Borrower Funds and Lending Banks” co-chair, International Bar Association, International Financial Law Conference, May 17, 2024.
- "Haynes Boone Serves as Project Counsel for LSTA and LMA: 'A Guide to the Application of the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles in Fund Finance,’” contributor, Haynes Boone, March 5, 2024.
- “ESG Focus: Navigating External Review | LSTA and LMA Jointly Issue Guidance for Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loans External Reviews,” co-author, Haynes Boone, January 25, 2024.
- “Comparing the European, U.S. and Asian fund finance markets” co-author, Global Legal Insights, Fund Finance 2024 8th edition, January 24, 2024.
- “A Primer on NAV Structures and Concepts,” presenter, NAVember, November 9, 2023.
- “Advanced Issues in Fund Structuring and Transaction Security”. Presenter, FFA University 2.0, October 5, 2023
- “What the Banking Crisis Means for Fund Finance,” co-author, Private Funds CFO, August 2, 2023.
- “Navigating ESG Communications: Strategies for Challenging Times,” co-presenter, Women in Fund Finance, February 28, 2023.
- “Trends in the NAV/Hybrid Financing Market,” panelist, NAVember, December 1, 2022.
- “Structuring and Diligence Considerations for Separately Managed Account Subscription Credit Facilities,” contributor, Bloomberg Law, June 16, 2022.
- “LSTA Issues Additional Guidance for Social Loans and External Reviews,” author, Haynes Boone, March 4, 2022.
- “Fund Finance: Impact of ILPA’s DDQ 2.0 and Diversity Metrics Template,” contributor, Haynes Boone, November 15, 2021.
- “Shariah in the Spotlight: Shariah-Compliant Investors, ESG and Fund Finance,” contributor, PrivateEquityWire, November 3, 2020.
- “Understanding PE Employee Co-Investment Credit Facilities,” contributor, Law360, February 12, 2020.
- “NAV Facilities and Hybrid Facilities,” co-author, Lexis Practice Advisor, August 9, 2019.
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Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2009
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2006, cum laude
Admissions
- New York