Elizabeth Yazgi

Assistant General Counsel
(212) 880-3016

Part of LSTA’s senior leadership team, Elizabeth is focused on the drafting and negotiation of LSTA’s suite of standardized primary and secondary loan market documentation. Notably, she spearheaded the creation of LSTA’s “Private Corporate Credit – Representative Liability Management Transaction Protections for Credit Agreements,” which offers approaches to help lenders draft robust protective language in their agreements. In her day-to-day, she engages with market stakeholders from corporate and investment banks to industry regulators on developments in the international loan space. Elizabeth also leads the Association’s sustainability and sustainable lending projects, collaborating with global stakeholders on key guidance for sustainable debt instruments, such as the green and sustainability-linked loan frameworks and the “Model Credit Agreement Provisions for Green Loans.” (Her recent publications are listed below.)

Before joining LSTA, Elizabeth practiced as a debt finance attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP, White & Case LLP and Linklaters LLP in New York.

After receiving her master’s in French from the New York University Institute of French Studies, she earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law and is admitted as an attorney in New York.

Committee and working group involvement

Latin American Initiative Working Group

Developing legal documents for originating and trading cross-border loans
Role: Committee Chair

Sustainability Committee

Participating in sustainability initiatives
Role: Committee Chair

Recent publications

This form includes select provisions of a New York law-governed credit agreement (eg, tax, yield protection, agency, assignment, defaulting lender, disqualified institution provisions, etc.).
A centralized tool for members to track proposed rulemakings, consultations, and key regulatory milestones.
The comment letter supports exempting mid‑ to large‑sized commercial property borrowers from FDPA mandatory purchase requirements.
1Q26 offered no respite from 2025’s volatility. The “Saaspocalypse,” Middle East tensions, and shifting private‑credit sentiment reignited turbulence across markets and documentation. Read full coverage.
This CRD VI Advisory provides key guidance on the material points of the legislation for loan market participants and proposes practical solutions for compliance.
Here is blackline Exhibit A – Cooperation Agreement Key Terms and Provisions (29Apr26 vs 18May26)  ...
Here is final LSTA Market Advisory- Exhibit A – Cooperation Agreement Key Terms and Provisions  ...
Here is final LSTA Market Advisory regarding the use of cooperation (coop) agreements in BSL transactions, including Exhibit A....
Blackline of LSTA Market Advisory regarding the use of cooperation (coop) agreements in BSL transactions, including Exhibit A - (April 29 2026 vs May 18 2026)...
This updated Market Advisory highlights two recent developments that are expected to prompt amendments to Treasury’s outbound‑investment regulations.

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