The business and corporate finance group of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh represents both lenders and borrowers in a broad spectrum of business, commercial, real estate, private placement and public financing transactions.
Our business and commercial finance expertise covers a wide variety of balance-sheet-based, asset-based and cash flow-based credit facilities from basic unsecured loans to secured term loans and revolvers, as well as real estate construction loans and complex credit facilities involving acquisitions, domestic and foreign borrowers, foreign currencies, multiple layers of equity, subordinated, mezzanine and senior debt, as well as bond issues. We are experienced with large syndicated credit facilities, including syndicated asset-based transactions, floorplan transactions, and credit-enhancement transactions. We are also experienced in complex lease financing arrangements both involving real estate and personal property.
Our lender client base is extremely broad and includes national, regional and local banks, commercial finance companies, thrifts, and public bond issuers and bond trustees. Our attorneys also serve as special and local counsel for national lending institutions and public bond issuers in connection with financing transactions within our region. We have also counseled borrowers of varying size and in a wide variety of industries in the structuring, negotiation, implementation and monitoring of their finance transactions.