Practice Areas & Industries: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP is a national leader in debt finance and capital markets transactions, a practice that has been one of our firm's strengths for over 100 years. Our clients include global financial institutions, regional banks, finance companies, insurance companies, private and investment funds, private equity funds and other institutional investors. We represent over half of the largest 10 banks in the U.S. and were recognized by Chambers and Partners as one of the leading firms in banking and finance.

Our finance attorneys have a broad range of legal experience. We understand the markets in which our clients operate, the expectations of our clients' customers, issuers and participants, their regulatory environment and pressures from their competitors. With that in mind, we approach transactions in a collaborative manner and provide our clients with efficient and innovative solutions to complex problems. Our experience and understanding of the finance industry allow us to recognize when sophisticated legal structures are necessary to solve those problems, and, alternatively, when a simple answer is the better choice. At Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, we achieve client satisfaction by tailoring our legal solutions to each client's individual situation and needs.

Chambers USA reports that clients of the Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Debt Finance and Capital Markets practice praise the group as "a solid bench of responsive attorneys," producing "'high quality, tailored' finance work." Chambers goes on to report that, according to clients, attorneys within the practice demonstrate "keen business sense and judgment" and an understanding of "all of the business intricacies that matter to us as clients." Clients also praised the Debt Finance and Capital Markets attorneys for their ability to "solve problems effectively," and for "'fiercely protecting' clients' interests via their clear, articulate and assertive style, without 'dominating negotiations by virtue of being a bully.'"

Our legal expertise encompasses a broad range of domestic and international financing transactions, including:

• Acquisition finance
• Asset-based lending
• Bank mergers and acquisitions
• Cash-flow lending
• Credit enhancements
• Credit restructurings
• Derivatives
• Distressed debt investments
• High yield, subordinated debt and convertible notes (issuer side)
• Islamic finance
• Lease finance
• Leveraged buyouts
• Mezzanine finance
• Middle market lending
• Project finance
• Regulatory matters
• Securitizations
• Sponsor finance
• Structured finance
• Syndicated finance
• Tranche B and second lien loans

We use our extensive knowledge of both traditional and cutting-edge transactional structures to enhance our clients' competitiveness and ensure their success in an evolving marketplace. Areas of our industry specialization include:

• Auto finance
• Bond finance
• Business aviation
• Energy and utilities
• Gaming
• Healthcare finance
• Media and communications finance
• Precious metals finance
• Real Estate finance
• Restaurant Finance
• Sponsor finance
• Technology finance

Our attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in all parts of the commercial lending and finance industry, including banks, specialty finance firms, investment funds, insurance companies, LBO groups, and operating companies. We serve some of the nation's and indeed the world's leading financial institutions, including:

• Bank of America, N.A.
• Bank of America Business Capital
• CapitalSource Finance LLC
• Citibank, N.A.
• RBS Citizens, National Association
• Citizens Capital, Inc.
• CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.
• CIT Lending
• DDJ Capital Management, Inc.
• General Electric Capital Corporation
• ING Capital
• John Hancock
• JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
• KeyBank
• MFS Investment Management
• NewStar Financial, Inc.
• Raymond James Bank
• Sankaty Advisers, Inc. (the credit affiliate of Bain Capital)
• Sovereign Bank
• Textron Financial
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
• Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc.