Miju Damodar

Miju Damodar is Counsel in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice, where he advises clients on a range of debt financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition financings and restructurings, fund level subscription and portfolio-based financings, asset-based financings and other secured and unsecured lending transactions. Miju has advised on transactions in a number of industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and energy.

Miju’s representative work prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition and subsequent combination of Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation, to create the world’s largest label solutions company
• Elara Caring, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in its successful out-of-court restructuring, which included new money revolving and term loan financings and uptier debt exchanges
• Royal Bank of Canada in various senior secured credit facilities provided to finance cross-border acquisitions of U.S. and/or Canadian companies
• Various subscription (or capital call) facilities and NAV-based facilities for private equity and other investment funds
• Penfund Management in connection with various direct lending investments, including second lien credit facilities provided for sponsor-backed acquisitions and secured and unsecured mezzanine debt

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Miju practiced with the debt finance groups at leading law firms in New York and Canada and also spent time as senior counsel at an investment manager. 

Miju received his J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2015. He is admitted to practice in New York.