Arthur Rouse is a member of the Firm's Real Estate & Lending Service Team and is Chair of the Professional Personnel Committee. Mr. Rouse concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial lending. He regularly represents institutional lenders in making all types of commercial/industrial, commercial real estate/construction and syndicated loan financings and in pre-litigation loan workout negotiations and documentation.
Representative Matters
· Represented money center bank, as arranger and sole bookrunner, lead lender and agent bank, in $75,000,000 secured syndicated revolving loan to publicly traded company
· Represented Community bank in extending $12,750,000 construction loan for a large industrial warehouse facility
· Represented money center bank, as a co-lender, in coordinating a three year workout of a $16 million credit exposure involving foreclosure, §363 purchase out of bankruptcy, and piecemeal sales for commercial/residential uses of large tract in eastern Jefferson County, KY
· Represented super regional bank in a consensual workout of a $26 million ABL credit
· Represented money center bank as agent in $68,000,000 syndicated revolving credit and term loan facility partially secured by real estate in three states
· Provided local counsel opinions in connection with a variety of syndicated loan transactions
· Represented regional bank in a $11,250,000 leveraged ESOP secured loan transaction
· Represented borrower in $40,000,000 ABL transaction
· Represented community and super regional banks as investors in a variety of New Markets Tax Credit construction loan transactions
· Represented super regional bank in preparation of reimbursement agreement in connection with issuance of $4,100,000 letter of credit securing Adjustable Rate Taxable Securities
· Represented super regional bank in extending $3,000,000 term loan and revolving credit facilities financing acquisition of coal preparation plant
· Represented money center bank in extension of $10,100,000 term loan/revolving credit secured by all business assets and real property in KY and CA used in the business of borrower
Representative Clients
· Branch Banking and Trust Company
· JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
· Old National Bank
· PNC Bank, National Association
Professional Experience
· 1973-1980: Loan officer with Chemical Bank (now JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), New York, NY, first in their management training program and subsequently as a loan officer in a "middle market" lending group serving lower Manhattan
Honors
· Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 - 2012 in the area of real estate law
· Highest Professional Ratings by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
· Recognized by his peers in Kentucky Super Lawyers® 2007, 2008, 2011
· Recommended by Chambers USA as a Kentucky leader in commercial finance 2008 - 2011
· Recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" in the area of Banking Law by Louisville Magazine,\ March 2012.
Seminars Mr. Rouse has spoken to various lender groups, commercial real estate brokers and to other attorneys on lender and loan workout issues.
Professional Activities and Memberships
· Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations
· Kentucky CCIM Chapter
· International Council of Shopping Centers
Civic Involvement
· Wyatt Team Captain for Greater Louisville Inc. Total Resource Campaign 2005-2012
· Member: Properties Subcommittee of Seven Counties Services, Inc., a community based mental health and substance abuse treatment organization