Rosa Alina Pizzi

Partner Buffalo

Rosa concentrates her practice in the area of banking and financial services.

Rosa’s experience includes representation of global financial institutions, non-traditional lenders and borrowers with respect to secured and unsecured credit facilities, community development transactions, real estate and construction lending, syndicated lending facilities, and distressed financing transactions, as well as other extensions of credit.

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Honors & Awards

  • Lawyers of Color Nation’s Best List, 2020
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Education & Admissions

Education
  • Yale Law School, J.D., 2007
  • Princeton University, A.B., cum laude, 2003
Admitted to Practice
  • New York
Languages
  • Spanish
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Speaking Engagements

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  • Presenter, “SBA Loans: Financial Assistance in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Phillips Lytle Banking & Financial Webinar, April 2020
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Activities & Professional Associations

Present Activities

  • FeedMore WNY, Board of Directors
  • Minority Bar Foundation, Board of Directors
  • Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Board of Directors, President

Past Activities

  • Excellence Boys Charter School, Board of Directors
  • Excellence Girls Charter School, Board of Directors
  • Yale Law School, 5th Reunion & Gift Campaign, Co-Chair

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
    • Business Law Section
  • Minority Bar Association of Western New York
  • New York State Bar Association

Articles & Publications

Articles

  • Co-Author, “LIBOR-Related Provisions: What Borrowers Should Know Now,” Buffalo Business First, June 2021
  • Author, “Charting a Course Through the COVID-19 Debt Landscape,” Buffalo Business First, June 2020
  • Co-Author, “Managing Lender Expectations in Cross-border Transactions,” Buffalo Law Journal, September 2017