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David Baroni

Partner

Chair, Leveraged Finance Practice

Chicago

+1 312-558-5851

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Co-Chair of Winston's Leveraged Finance Practice, David concentrates in middle market cash-flow and asset-based lending transactions where he represents private credit funds, banks, and other financial institutions in a wide-range of commercial finance structures.

David focuses his practice on middle market financings, including corporate lending transactions, leveraged acquisitions, specialty financings and other debt investments.

He represents money-center banks and non-bank lenders in connection with senior secured and unsecured credit facilities, unitranche financings, first lien and second lien transactions, and mezzanine and subordinated financings. David has extensive experience in both cash flow and asset-based lending transactions. His practice focuses on the middle market, but has expertise working on a broad range of deal sizes, from bi-lateral domestic financings for middle market companies to broadly-syndicated credit facilities for publicly traded companies with extensive cross-border operations and financings in the investment grade space.

  • Chambers USA, Banking & Finance, 2023–2024
  • The Legal 500 US, “Key Lawyer,” Finance: Commercial Lending, 2024
  • “Emerging Leader” award recipient for legal services, The M&A Advisor, 2019
  • “40 Under 40” award recipient for legal services, Commercial Finance Association, 2018

David is committed to serving pro bono clients and has structured and created a bespoke form of partnership agreement to be utilized by a non-profit that partners with various organizations to assist veterans and their family members. He has also represented a charter school in procuring a loan to finance its operations.

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Debt Finance
Finance
Fund Finance
Financial Services
Insurance
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Credentials

Education

David received a B.A., magna cum laude, in the Program of Liberal Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and a J.D. from William & Mary School of Law in 2006, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.

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    • Illinois

    Related Insights & News

    David participates as a speaker at firm sponsored events and industry panels on various lending and other corporate finance related topics, and has presented at the Thomson Reuters LPC Loan Conference. He also frequently prepares and presents formal CLE programs and informal client trainings.

    • Co-author, “The Dynamics of Collateral Access Agreement Negotiations,” Law360, April 19, 2021
    Sponsorship
    Winston & Strawn Sponsors DealCatalyst’s U.S. Private Credit Industry Conference on Direct Lending

    May 12, 2025

    Recognitions
    Winston & Strawn Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. 2024

    June 12, 2024

    Recognitions
    Winston & Strawn Recognized in Chambers USA 2024

    June 6, 2024

    Sponsorship
    Winston & Strawn Sponsors the 2024 ACG DealMAX Conference

    April 29, 2024

    Sponsorship
    Winston & Strawn Sponsors the TMA Executive Speaker Forum 2023

    November 16, 2023

    Recognitions
    Winston & Strawn Recognized in Chambers USA 2023

    June 6, 2023

    Sponsorship
    Winston & Strawn Sponsors the 2023 ACG DealMAX Conference

    May 8-10, 2023

    Client Alert
    Highest Court in New York Reaffirms Lenders’ Security Rights to Accounts Receivable

    December 5, 2022

    Sponsorship
    Winston & Strawn Sponsors the ACG InterGrowth Conference 2022

    April 25-27, 2022

    Sponsorship
    Winston & Strawn Sponsors the 2022 SFNet Asset-Based Capital Conference

    February 8, 2022

    Blog
    Chicago High School Students Sharpen Their Negotiation Skills with Help from Winston Attorneys

    August 11, 2021

    Article
    The Dynamics Of Collateral Access Agreement Negotiations

    April 20, 2021

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    Capabilities

    Transactions
    Debt Finance
    Finance
    Fund Finance
    Financial Services
    Insurance
    Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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