Kate Sinclair

Kate Sinclair is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she is co-head of the London Fund Finance Practice and a member of the Banking and Credit Practice. Kate has extensive experience in advising private equity and other investment funds on complex financings designed to provide fund-level leverage to facilitate and support investment activities. She regularly advises leading sponsors on a broad range of financings including capital call facilities, NAV facilities, GP facilities and co-investment facilities as well as other bespoke financing solutions. 

Kate is recognised as a “Notable Practitioner” by IFLR 1000 and was recently named one of The Drawdown’s “Most Influential Fund Finance Experts of 2022”. She has also spoken at Fund Finance Association conferences and is actively involved in Women in Fund Finance, an organisation focussed on the increased engagement and promotion of women leaders within the fund finance industry.   

Kate’s representations include:

• NAV based facilities and hybrid variations secured by portfolio investments and other assets

• Capital call facilities secured by uncalled capital commitments and related rights

• Management/GP facilities secured by management/GP’s income streams

• Employee co-investment facilities guaranteed by employees and/or secured by their fund interests

• Back-leverage financings for credit funds

Kate was admitted as an English solicitor in 2004. She completed her Legal Practice Course in 2001 at Nottingham Law School and received her B.C.L. from the University College Dublin in 1999. She is admitted to England and Wales.