Overview » Experienced commercial and corporate finance attorney » Handles all aspects of commercial, corporate and consumer finance transactions, compliance matters, and general business counseling » Represents lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured loans, asset securitizations, factoring, as well as lease and derivative transactions » Counsels sellers and buyers in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures » Experienced in bank regulatory matters relating to "non-bank" banks, and in warranty and consumer finance regulatory matters including usury "margin stock," Truth-in-Lending, ECOA, FCRA and GLB Representative Experience » Represented a Fortune 500 company in the "true sale" of equipment lease receivables ($38MM) » Represents originators in various receivable, mortgage loan and other asset-backed securitizations (up to $400MM) » Represents various bank lenders in numerous working capital and acquisition finance lending transactions (up to $50MM) » Represents numerous borrowers in working capital, acquisition financing and real estate financing transactions (up to $1BB) Additional Experience Represents buyers and sellers in various acquisition and divestiture transactions ($2MM to $100MM) Represents "middle market" equipment lease companies in structuring, documenting and implementing lease programs Advised in successful defense of major Minnesota usury class action suit Recognition Minnesota Law & Politics » "Super Lawyer" » "Top 40 Business & Commercial Lawyer" Associations & Pro Bono Minnesota State Bar Association Hennepin County Bar Association Project Home Presentations & Publications Regular speaker on commercial and corporate law matters Co-Author » "Key Issues in Private and Public M&A Transactions", chapter from Inside the Minds: M&A Negotiations, Aspatore Books, September 2010 "Negotiating & Drafting Commercial Credit Agreements: Defaults" Minnesota CLE (February 22, 2010) "Representing Borrowers in Lending Transactions" (June 9, 2008 Minnesota CLE) |