Ms. Christina B. Rissler
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Christina represents lenders, borrowers, sponsors and other market participants across a diverse range of domestic and international financing transactions.
Christina Rissler has more than 20 years of experience representing financial institutions, corporate borrowers, private equity firms and other market participants in secured and unsecured commercial lending and structured finance.
She advises on senior, second lien and mezzanine financings; working capital, investment and leveraged acquisition financings; lines of credit; accounts receivables financings and asset-based loans (ABL); fund finance transactions; letter of credit transactions; workouts and restructurings; single-currency and multicurrency, domestic and cross-border financings; and loan syndications and participations. Among other industries, Christina’s experience includes transactions in telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, automobile and transportation, water and timber/agribusiness.
After graduating first in her class from Notre Dame Law School, Christina served as a law clerk for the Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and is admitted to practice before that court. She is also admitted to practice law in Georgia, New York and Colorado. In April 2018, Christina was admitted to the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers as a Fellow and in April 2023, was elected to its Board of Regents for a four-year term. She is a former Chair of the Loan Documentation Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee of the ABA’s Business Law Section. Christina has given a number of presentations for clients, at conferences, and within the firm on topics of interest within the commercial finance space.