Finance

We diligently protect the interests of our clients – whether lender or borrower – in the consummation and preservation of financial relationships. When necessary, we will enforce the terms of the deal struck by the parties.

Our finance services include:

• Negotiation and Documentation of Credit Facilities
• Workouts, Restructurings and Foreclosures
• Regulatory Compliance
• Technology Implementation
• Bank Administration

Representative Engagements

1. Arranged for two layers of financing and closed a transaction in which a manufacturing company acquired its former parent corporation from a non-US seller.
2. Represented the lender in the negotiations for sale of the assets of a borrower to a competitor that avoided a bankruptcy filing.
3. Represented the borrower in negotiations with its lender to restructure credit facilities to avoid a declaration of default and foreclosure proceedings.
4. Represented the lender in facilitating credit to a borrower ousted from a family business and needing funding to finance litigation.
5. Represented the developer in establishing a revolving credit facility used to refinance a portfolio of industrial properties and for the acquisition and development of additional properties.
6. Negotiated licensing and consulting agreements with major technology vendors including outsourcers and facilities managers in the financial services industries.
7. Represented a major Illinois lending institution in documenting a $10,000,000.00 loan to a manufacturing company to build an out-of-state manufacturing plant.
8. Represented the founders of community de novo institutions in obtaining their initial charters and filing their regulatory applications. 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 establishing internal bank policies.