Eric Fenichel serves on Sutherland's Executive Committee. He focuses his practice on a broad array of financing transactions, including structured finance, financial reinsurance, timber finance, commodity financing arrangements and general corporate finance.
Representative Experience
Eric's extensive representative experience includes:
· Advising clients regarding life insurance reserve securitizations, commercial loan securitizations and timber installment note transactions.
· Representing financial institutions and energy dealers in structuring inventory financing transactions for oil refineries, pipeline companies and other energy market participants.
· Advising clients on financing transactions involving metals and other commodities.
· Representing commercial and industrial firms and financial services companies in a wide variety of corporate finance transactions including senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt financings; private debt placements; and commercial paper offerings.
Professional Honors and Awards
· Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of mergers and acquisitions (2010, 2011)
Professional and Community Involvement
· Member, Securitization and Derivatives Subcommittee, American Bar Association
· Member, Collateral Committee and Credit Derivatives Market Practice Committee, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
Recent Speaking Engagement
· Speaker, "Syndicated Loan Transactions: Recent Developments," 2012 ICLE Secured Lending Seminar (February 3, 2012)
· Speaker, "Overview of Capital Markets and Financing Options for Insurers," 2010 South Carolina Captive Insurance Association Executive Education Conference (September 13-15, 2010)
Industries
Financial Services
Timber and Forest Products
News
Sutherland Makes Mark in The Legal 500 for 2011
December 1, 2011
Sutherland Partnership Makes Leadership Changes
May 9, 2011
Sutherland Serves as Counsel to Saratoga Investment Advisors, LLC in its Purchase of GSC Investment Corp.
August 17, 2010
The Legal 500 United States Recognizes Sutherland
July 7, 2010
Sutherland Represents Spectrum Brands in Merger With Russell Hobbs - Addition to Spectrum's Portfolio Creates $3 Billion Consumer Products Company
June 28, 2010
Sutherland Represents Saratoga Investment Advisors, LLC in its Purchase of GSC Investment Corp.
April 26, 2010
Sutherland Represents First Data Corp. in Joint Venture with Bank of America
Companies Form Banc of America Merchant Services, LLC
June 29, 2009
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert: The NAIC Releases Draft ORSA Model Act for Public Comment
April 10, 2012
Legal Alert: DOE Creates Financial Institution Partnership Program in Connection with Solicitation for Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Applications
October 12, 2009
Legal Alert: NAIC Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee Approves Revisions to Standard Valuation Law to Enable Principles-Based Reserving
September 10, 2009
Legal Alert: Counterparty Rights in the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
October 10, 2008
Legal Alert: Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy-ISDA Issues
September 15, 2008
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Pre-Confirmation Tax Exemptions
June 18, 2008
Legal Alert: Congress Includes TREE Act in Farm Bill - Temporarily Cuts Corporate Tax Rate on Timber Gains and Loosens Timber REIT Rules
June 6, 2008
Events
2012 ICLE Secured Lending Seminar
February 3, 2012
2011 BDC Roundtable
September 12-13, 2011
BDC Quick Call: Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments on Advisory Fees and Financing Transactions
March 3, 2011
Client Groups
ENERGY TRADING, MARKETING & FINANCIAL COMPANIES