Marie  E. Sheehan

Marie E. Sheehan

Associate

Overview

Marie provides strategic counsel to borrowers and lenders in financing transactions, including debt, project and equipment financing matters. She represents investment-grade companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and borrowers in the leveraged loan market.

She has also represented creditors, debtors, plan sponsors, and equity holders in corporate restructurings, out-of-court workouts, and Chapter 11 proceedings. 

Marie represents pro bono clients in connection with immigration and property tax matters. Prior to joining Benesch, Marie was a corporate restructuring and banking associate at Skadden. Before that, she co-founded a nonprofit program representing homeowners facing property tax foreclosure in Detroit.

Credentials

Education

The University of Michigan Law School, 2021, J.D.
  • cum laude
  • Senior Editor, Michigan Journal of Gender and Law
  • Board Member, Outlaws
The College of Wooster, 2017, B.A., Political Science; Chinese Studies
  • magna cum laude 
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Illinois

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  • Board Member, Institute of Law and Organizing