Jeris was great at understanding her client’s concerns and issues to lead negotiations to drive home the key points that allowed the client to have an extraordinary outcome[.]

The Legal 500 United States, 2025

Jeris Brunette focuses her practice on commercial lending and project finance in a variety of industries with an emphasis on the energy sector. She advises, structures and negotiates a range of secured and unsecured financial transactions, including structuring and negotiating senior and subordinated debt financings, acquisition and project financings, structured financings, securitizations and physical and financial commodity hedges. Jeris’ clients include financial institutions, private equity funds and other energy-sector borrowers.

Jeris has been described by clients and industry experts as “one of the strongest finance lawyers that I have had the pleasure to work with” and “an amazing attorney who is practical but also possesses both strong business and legal acumen.” (Chambers USA, 2025).

Notably, Jeris led Bracewell’s representation of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank on the refinancing of approximately $2.6 billion of letter of credit and term loan facilities. The transaction, which closed on March 25, 2024, was named the “Restructuring Deal of the Year” at the IFLR Europe Awards 2025 and also won the American Bankruptcy Institute’s "International Matter of the Year Award." She previously represented Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as agent to the revolving debtor-in-possession lenders in the $2.81 billion prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring transaction for McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) approved January 23, 2020 and as lead arranger, revolving agent and collateral agent in the $1.7 billion superpriority rescue financing for MDR closed October 21, 2019. The transaction was honored as "Restructuring Deal of the Year" at the IFLR Americas Awards 2021.

She is recognized by leading industry ranking publications, including Chambers USA for New York Banking & Finance (2025) and by The Legal 500 United States for Commercial Lending (2018-2019, 2023-2025) and Project Finance (2018-2019, 2024-2025). Jeris has also been named to the list of Highly Regarded Individuals (2024), Notable Practitioners (2023) and Rising Stars (2016-2022) by IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate and M&A Guide in Banking. She was named a Law360 Banking Rising Star (2021) and a New York Super Lawyers Rising Star for Securities & Corporate Finance (2017-2019).

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