Commercial Finance & Lending

Our Commercial Finance & Lending attorneys work closely with clients to negotiate and structure loans, and, when necessary, to navigate the loan workout process. Our work with both lenders and borrowers enables us to focus on issues that truly matter to both sides of a loan transaction, resulting in efficient negotiation and cost-effective representation.

We work not only with commercial banks, finance companies, insurance companies, and other lenders, but also with business borrowers in connection with commercial lending and financing of all types, including real estate loans, asset-based lending, and equipment lease financing.

Our team has extensive experience representing parties to loan syndications; acting for parties to corporate and commercial bank lending transactions to obtain working capital and capex loans, acquisition lines, revolving credit facilities, secured and unsecured lines of credit, mezzanine loans, and more; and serving as local counsel to lenders in large international and multistate loan transactions. We represent lenders or borrowers in connection with complex real estate financings (including not only borrowings for acquisition and construction capital for retail, office, and industrial projects, but also permanent financing such as “conduit” lending for securitized real estate investments). The group has extensive experience with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Financial Authority of Maine (FAME), the Small Business Association (SBA), Farm Credit, Rural Development, and other government-supported loan programs.

Our attorneys have served as bond counsel or borrower’s counsel in connection with numerous tax-exempt bond financings in New England and across the country.