About me

Address: New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745

Areas of Focus: Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Special Situations; Royalty Monetization; Financial Restructuring; Private Equity Transactions; Leveraged Finance; Capital Solutions; Finance

Biography:
Meng has represented some of the most sophisticated financial institutions and their portfolio companies in domestic and international debt financings. Meng works with credit investors, financial sponsors and other investors and borrowers to creatively structure a wide range of forward-thinking and novel credit investments. This includes direct lending to private equity sponsors in connection with an acquisition, financing solutions to stressed and distressed companies, and growth capital transactions to emerging companies. She also has extensive experience in financing transactions in connection with leveraged buyouts, including first lien and second lien senior secured debt financings, bridge financings and private mezzanine debt financings. She has worked on a number of large financing deals with top-tier financial sponsors around the world.
Meng advises institutional investors and corporate clients in restructuring the balance sheets of overleveraged companies, including debt workouts and debt exchanges. She represents debtors and creditors in a range of financings, including rescue, debtor-in-possession (DIP) and exit. Meng also has a deep familiarity with the distressed debt market, and she offers practical advice to see transactions through to fruition. Additionally, she advises investors in their distressed investing activities.

Representative Work:
- Represented an ad hoc group of lenders of Casa Systems, Inc. in the refinancing and extension transaction for Casa Systems’ Term Loan B senior secured debt.
- Represented an ad hoc group of second lien term loan lenders in connection with a restructuring and exchange of existing debt of West Marine.
- Advised Mubadala Capital in the credit facilities to finance its acquisition of AOG, LLC d/b/a TruFood Manufacturing.
- Represented Sungard as borrower in a $95.3 million term loan DIP facility and $50 million ABL DIP facility.
- Represented the Aeroméxico Ad Hoc Group in the Debtors’ $762.5 million extensive exit financing.

Credentials:
Education: LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law, 2004; LL.B., Fudan University Law School, China, 2000
Bar Admissions: New York, 2005

Recognitions:
- The Legal 500 US , Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers, 2022.
- Crain’s New York Business , Notable Women in Law, 2022.
- New York Law Journal , Rising Star, 2015.

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Insights:
- Akin Advises Pharmakon Advisors on Debt Financing for ARCHIMED’s Up to $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Esperion Therapeutics (July 22, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-pharmakon-advisors-on-debt-financing-for-archimeds-up-to-dollar11-billion-acquisition-of-esperion-therapeutics
- Akin Advises Ari Emanuel Company in its Agreement to Acquire Frieze from Endeavor (May 2, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-ari-emanuel-company-in-its-agreement-to-acquire-frieze-from-endeavor
- Special Situations: Addressing Post-LME Protections in 2025 (January 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/special-situations-addressing-post-lme-protections-in-2025
- Akin Advises OB Global Holdings, Backed by Ariel Emanuel, in its Acquisition of OpenBet and IMG ARENA (November 12, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-ob-global-holdings-backed-by-ari-emanuel-in-its-acquisition-of-openbet-and-img-arena
- Akin Advises Terran Orbital in its Sale to Lockheed Martin for $450 Million (August 15, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-terran-orbital-in-its-sale-to-lockheed-martin-for-dollar450-million
- Akin Advises TruFood Manufacturing in Combination with Bar Bakers (May 6, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-trufood-manufacturing-in-combination-with-bar-bakers
- Trends in Special Situations & Private Credit 2024 (March 7, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/trends-in-special-situations-and-private-credit-2024
- Akin Advises Lenders in Casa Systems Refinancing and Extension for Term Loan B Senior Secured Debt (June 16, 2023): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-lenders-in-casa-systems-refinancing-and-extension-for-term-loan-b-senior-secured-debt
- Akin Advises Princeton Equity Group in Strategic Investment in Stretch Zone (April 10, 2023): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-princeton-equity-group-in-strategic-investment-in-stretch-zone
- Akin Gump Advises Sungard Availability Services in Completing Multifaceted Chapter 11 Cases (November 14, 2022): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-gump-advises-sungard-availability-services-in-completing-multifaceted-chapter-11-cases
- Akin Gump Advises Mubadala Capital in Acquisition of TruFood (October 20, 2022): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-gump-advises-mubadala-capital-in-acquisition-of-trufood
- The Legal 500 US 2022 Recommends Numerous Akin Gump Practices, Lawyers (June 9, 2022): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/the-legal-500-us-2022-recommends-numerous-akin-gump-practices-lawyers