Shana Ramirez
Partner
Head of West Coast Fund Finance
Shana is everything you'd want in legal
counsel. She's great to work with personality
wise, knowledgeable, experienced, responsive
and efficient.
Chambers Global Guide
About
She is highly knowledgeable and aware of nuances to
documenting fund finance and sponsor finance transactions.
Chambers Global Guide
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Chambers USA
- Up and Coming, California, Banking and Finance, (2024 – 2025)
The Legal 500 United States
- Recommended, Commercial Lending: Advice to Direct Lenders/Private Credit, (2025)
- Recommended, Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders, (2025)
Education
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J.D., University of Michigan Law School
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B.A., Pennsylvania State University
cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Seminars
- Speaker, "13th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium," Fund Finance Association, February 26 – 29, 2024
- Speaker, "Lending to Private Credit Funds: ABL, Mezzanine and Other Facilities, Rated Notes, Partner Loans," Strafford, November 8, 2023
Prior Experience
Prior to joining AKD Partners, Shana Ramirez was a partner
at a major AmLaw 100 international law firm where she headed
the firm's fund finance practice.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member, Fund Finance Association
- Board of Directors, Public Counsel
- Member, Women in Fund Finance
Connect
Phone
+1 310 595 3113
(Work,
Los Angeles)