Finance

We seek the success of and protect the interests of our client, whether lenders or borrowers, consistent with the business needs of the financing arrangements required.

Our finance services include:

• Loans and Credit Facilities on behalf of Lenders and Borrowers
• Loan Documentation and Workout
• Community Development
• De Novo Banking Institutions
• Small Business Administration
• Bank Regulatory Compliance

Representative Engagements

1. Represented founders of community de novo institutions in their initial charters and regulatory applications. She has assisted minority owned institutions and their affiliates with community development projects, real estate transactions, commercial loan transactions, regulatory matters and business transactions, including outsourcing contracts and bank policies.
2. Represented client with new bank branch funded by Tax Increment Financing (TIF) investments and grants from public and private entities. Through our representation of community banks, our firm has overseen the establishment of a project of first impression in which the community bank partnered with a large money center financial institution, in which over 100 new jobs were created. That project has received significant positive national attention by the federal regulatory agencies who wish to replicate such partnerships.
3. Represented institutional lender negotiating successful resolutions to significant consumer credit and debt collection litigation.
4. Represented a bank in a workout of complex commercial lending foreclosure, resulting in successful resolution to maximize liquidation value.
5. Worked with a new bank branch funded by Tax Increment Financing (TIF) investments and grants from public and private entities. Through our representation of community banks, our firm has overseen the establishment of a project of first impression in which the community bank partnered with a large money center financial institution, in which over 100 new jobs were created. That project has received significant positive national attention by the federal regulatory agencies who wish to replicate such partnerships.
6. Assisted both regulated and non-regulated financial institutions, as well as numerous minority owned institutions in becoming certified as CDFIs and has successfully prepared applications resulting in technical assistance and equity and grants in excess of $5 million from the CDFI Fund.