Finance

How We Help Clients

We represent a diverse group of industry stakeholders, including, but not limited to: local, regional, national and international banks, insurance companies, private equity funds, debt and equity syndicators, asset managers, real estate developers, real estate investment trusts (REITs), retailers, contractors, venture capitalists, issuers, servicers, nonprofits, governmental authorities, private credit and debt providers, tax credit investors, entrepreneurs, landlords, tenants, and many more industry stakeholders.

Our finance industry team has experience representing multiple stakeholders in the following types of transactions:

• Asset-based lending
• Bankruptcy and restructuring, receiverships, and assignments for the benefits of creditors
• Commercial real estate financing (including representation of lenders and borrowers in connection with commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) loans, life company loans, private capital, bridge loans, debt funds, mezzanine loans, agency loans (including borrower representation on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD loans and loan assumptions), construction loans, HOME loans, affordable housing trust fund loans, and balance sheet loans)
• Low-income housing tax credits, energy tax credits, new markets tax credits, and historic rehabilitation tax credits
• Fund formation and fund agreement preparation
• Entity formation and preparation of governing documents
• ISDA swap and interest rate cap transactions
• Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
• Loan enforcements, restructurings, and workouts
• Loan securitizations and syndications
• Loan servicing issues
• Local counsel services and legal opinions (including bankruptcy non-consolidation and other specialized opinions)
• Commercial real estate acquisitions, developments, dispositions, and refinancings
• Private equity investments (including hard, soft and common equity placements)
• Portfolio company acquisitions and dispositions
• Tax-increment and payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) financings
• Construction contract documentation