Finance

Our clients include businesses ranging from small family-owned operations to large public and private multinational corporations in a variety of industries, including banking, shipping, real estate development, engineering, construction, shipbuilding, manufacturing, retailing, transportation, timber, waste storage, and gaming. We also represent nonprofit charitable foundations in connection with their commercial transactions.

We routinely handle a variety of finance transactions, including secured and unsecured lending to debt offerings, bond offerings, real estate development, lease financings, maritime financings, commercial leasing, loan workouts, bankruptcy reorganizations, energy and mineral matters, and international law matters.

Debt Financing

We have extensive experience in the area of debt financing, representing lenders, borrowers, and funds. In addition to secured and unsecured lending transactions, our debt financing practice includes:

• Senior secured lending
• Mezzanine financing
• Structured, asset-based, and cash flow loans
• Subordinated financings;
• Cross-border transactions;
• Foreign debt restructurings;
• Public and 144A debt financings
• Collateralized obligations, securitizations, and swaps

Commercial Lending

We represent borrowers, financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, investors, and creditors in a variety of commercial lending and finance matters, and routinely handle:

• Asset securitizations
• Asset-based loans
• Entertainment industry loans
• Equipment and transportation equipment, including aircraft, marine vessel, rolling stock, containers and trailer financings and leases
• International and cross-border transactions, including project finance
• Letters of credit
• Mixed debt and equity financings
• Multi-lender credit syndications
• Oil and gas loan financing
• Real estate and construction loans
• Sale and leaseback transactions
• Syndication financings
• Synthetic lease financing
• Tax credit financing
• Timber financing
• United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) financing

Our attorneys also provide counsel on various aspects of debtor-creditor relations, such as lender liability disputes, workouts, and surety matters. Click here to read more about our Commercial Lending practice.