Palmer Sealy is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Finance Group.

Palmer represents private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, banks, and other financial institutions in a broad range of corporate finance and leveraged lending transactions. His practice encompasses acquisition financings, refinancings, recapitalizations, incremental credit facilities, and other debt financing transactions, as well as fund finance matters, including subscription credit facilities. He advises clients throughout the financing process, from structuring and documentation through negotiation and closing.

Palmer has extensive experience drafting and negotiating credit agreements, security and pledge agreements, commitment papers, and other financing documentation. He has represented clients in connection with leveraged acquisitions, debt refinancings, corporate reorganizations, and strategic investments across a variety of industries, including technology, software, healthcare, and telecommunications.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Palmer practiced at another international law firm, where he represented private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and financial institutions in complex financing transactions. He also served as a legal secondee at Royal Bank of Canada, advising deal teams on financing arrangements, confidentiality matters, hedging-related documentation, and credit agreement provisions.

Palmer received his J.D. cum laude from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where he served as a senior associate editor of the Hofstra Law Review and received the Alternative Dispute Resolution Courses Award. He earned his B.B.A. in accounting from The George Washington University. He is admitted to practice in New York.