Jakarri Hamlin focuses his practice on complex banking and credit transactions, with a particular emphasis on private credit and innovative derivatives transactions.
He advises financial sponsors, investment banks, registered funds and other large financial institutions in the structuring and negotiation of complicated financings, including credit facilities and other forms of backleverage, and alternative and structured finance transactions.
Jakarri has represented a wide range of clients, including BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Silver Lake Partners, Citibank, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley.
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Work Highlights
- NAV-based facilities and hybrid variations secured by portfolio investments and other fund-level assets
- Margin loans secured by significant equity stakes of private and publicly-traded issuers and/or debt securities
- Credit facilities for regulated funds
- Derivatives entered into by issuers or financial sponsors in connection with stock purchases and secondary offerings
- Equity hedging and monetization transactions
Education
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New York University School of Law, 2016 J.D.
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Colgate University, 2012 B.A.
Cleon O. Morgan Award Recipient; Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Admissions
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California 2021
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New York 2017
Jakarri Hamlin is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Banking and Credit Practice. Based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office, he focuses his practice on complex banking and credit transactions, with a particular emphasis on private credit and innovative derivatives transactions.
Jakarri advises financial sponsors, investment banks, registered funds and other large financial institutions in the structuring and negotiation of complicated financings, including credit facilities and other forms of backleverage, and alternative and structured finance transactions.
Jakarri has represented a wide range of clients, including BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Silver Lake Partners, Citibank, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley.
Representative transaction types include:
- NAV-based facilities and hybrid variations secured by portfolio investments and other fund-level assets
- Margin loans secured by significant equity stakes of private and publicly-traded issuers and/or debt securities
- Credit facilities for regulated funds
- Derivatives entered into by issuers or financial sponsors in connection with stock purchases and secondary offerings
- Equity hedging and monetization transactions
- Loan-linked and deal-contingent rate, currency and commodity hedging transactions
Jakarri received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2016, and his B.A. from Colgate University in 2012, where he was a Cleon O. Morgan Award recipient and a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. He is admitted to practice in California and New York.