Jessica Reiss is Covenant Reviews Head of Leveraged Loan Research. She graduated from Brandeis University magna cum laude in 1999 and from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2002. Jessica practiced law at Shearman & Sterling LLP, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, and Goodwin Procter LLP. She has extensive experience representing borrowers, lenders, arrangers, agent banks, and sponsors on complex commercial syndicated revolving and term loans; senior, junior and mezzanine financings; leveraged buyouts; and offerings of debt securities. Prior to joining Covenant Review, Jessica was the head of loan covenant research for Moodys. Jessica joined Covenant Review in 2015 and was named Head of Leveraged Loan Research in February 2018. At Covenant Review, Jessica has written research on hundreds of leveraged loans and was a primary contributor in the development of Covenant Reviews Documentation Scoring initiative. She has been quoted in numerous publications and regularly lectures on covenant issues to investment professionals and other attorneys.