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Amy Garrity
Scafidel

Position
Partner
Office
New Orleans

Amy Scafidel is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the finance team. Amy focuses her practice on commercial lending and financial transactions.


Amy has significant experience representing borrowers and commercial banks in connection with a wide variety of commercial lending transactions, including structuring, negotiating, and documenting all types of senior, subordinated, secure, and unsecured syndicated financial and other lending transactions. She also has experience with secured asset-based debt financings, acquisition and working capital facilities, Term B loans, various hedging arrangements, securitization lending transactions, and oil and gas secured financings. She is a member of the firm’s diversity committee.

In addition to her lending and finance work, Amy represents clients in acquisitions and real estate matters.

Noteworthy

  • New Orleans Magazine, Top Lawyer (2023)

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, "Lawyer of the Year," Commercial Finance Law (2023)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law and Commercial Finance Law (listed annually since 2021)
  • The Legal 500 United States, "Leading Individual," Transport: Shipping – Finance (listed annually since 2018)
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” Business/Corporate (2012–2016)
  • Chambers USA, Banking & Finance (listed annually since 2012) 
  • CityBusiness, Women of the Year Award (2012)

Publications

  • "Beyond the Blog — COVID-19 Recap — September 27, 2020," Jones Walker LLP Disaster Prep & Recovery Client Alert, September 27, 2020
  • "LIBOR Transition Efforts Continue Despite COVID-19 Impacts; Best Practices To Take Now," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter, September 24, 2020
  • "Beyond the Blog — COVID-19 Weekly Recap — September 13, 2020," Jones Walker LLP Disaster Prep & Recovery Client Alert, September 13, 2020
  • "LIBOR Transition Efforts Continue Despite COVID-19 Impacts; Best Practices To Take Now," Jones Walker LLP Corporate Client Alert, September 8, 2020

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Louisiana Bankers Association
New Orleans
201 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
D: 504.582.8462
F: 504.589.8462
Emailascafidel@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
    JD, 2001
    Louisiana Law Review; Order of the Coif; Chancellor’s List
  • Louisiana State University
    BS, Finance, 1998

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana

Related Practices

  • Commercial Lending
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Corporate
  • Finance
  • Investment Management
  • Maritime Finance and Transactions
  • Maritime Restructuring
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Real Estate

Related Industries

  • Maritime Industry
  • Healthcare Industry
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