Gabriel Yomi Dabiri

Gabriel Yomi Dabiri is a partner with Squire Patton Boggs in New York and global head of Private Credit and Direct Lending. He advises clients across the credit spectrum, providing strategic counsel to private credit funds, direct lenders, private-equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on complex domestic and cross-border finance transactions. Mr. Dabiri has extensive experience structuring and negotiating credit facilities across the capital stack, including senior, mezzanine, subordinated, unitranche, first lien/second lien, asset-based lending, subscription line and capital call facilities. He navigates complex intercreditor and subordination arrangements, and frequently advises clients on liability management strategies, debt restructurings and debtor-in-possession financings. His background in both “buy-and-hold” and broadly syndicated loan transactions enables him to creatively navigate the evolving private credit landscape. Mr. Dabiri is admitted to practice law in New York and in England and Wales. He also draws on his experience working at premier international and national law firms in London, Singapore and New York. Mr. Dabiri received his B.A. in 2000 from the University of Pennsylvania, his LL.B. in 2008 from Cardiff University and his G.D.L.P. in 2009 from the University of Law of England and Wales.