A partner in the Capital Markets Group, Uma Sud represents private equity sponsors and corporate issuers on complex finance and capital markets transactions, including high-yield offerings, initial public offerings, liability management exercises and other capital markets products in connection with leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings.

Uma completed a six-month secondment at I Squared Capital in London during 2024-2025, where she advised on finance and capital markets matters for the leading independent global infrastructure investor with over $45 billion of assets under management.

Prior to Paul, Weiss, Uma’s experience has included advising:

TDR Capital and I Squared Capital on their leveraged buyout of the Applus Group, including an inaugural offering of €895 million senior secured notes by the Applus Group
TDR Capital and its portfolio companies on multiple financing transactions, including
- Stonegate Group on its inaugural offering of £400 million senior secured notes in 2014 through to its acquisition and take-private of Ei Group plc in 2020 involving a an offering of £1.7 billion (equivalent) senior secured and a private placement of £500 million senior secured notes
- Lincoln Financing on an offering of €400 million senior secured PIK toggle notes in connection with a dividend recapitalization and an offering of €500 million senior secured notes in connection with a refinancing
KKR and United Group on multiple financing transactions, including United Group’s offering of €1.35 billion senior secured notes in connection with the financing of certain acquisitions and the refinancing of existing debt
Blackstone and Alliance Automotive Group on multiple financing transactions, including Alliance Automotive Group’s offering of €180 million senior secured notes and €70 million senior secured notes in connection with the financing of certain acquisitions
Bridgepoint Group plc on its US private placement of $430 million of notes to finance strategic growth plans and refinance certain acquisition debt
Takko Fashion Gmbh in connection with its successful cross-border restructuring involving, a transfer of ownership to certain of Takko Fashion’s noteholders and a comprehensive recapitalization
Ad hoc group of noteholders of senior secured notes issued by Quatrim S.A.S. in connection with the successful completion of a comprehensive restructuring by Casino Group