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Harvey I. Forman: Lawyer with Blank Rome LLP

Harvey I. Forman

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Philadelphia,  PA  U.S.A.
Phone+1.215.569.5516

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AV® Preeminent

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Practice Areas

  • Financial Services
  • Business Restructuring & Bankruptcy
  • Equipment Leasing and Finance
  • Financial Institutions
  • Funds and Investment Management
  • Private Equity
  • Public Companies
  • Real Estate Workouts, Bankruptcies & Foreclosures
 
University Brown University, B.A., 1966
 
Law SchoolVillanova University School of Law, J.D., 1969
 
Admitted1970, Pennsylvania
 
BornPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1944
 
Biography

Harvey Forman has more than 35 years of experience representing institutional lenders, including banks, commercial finance companies, mortgage companies, and insurance companies. He serves clients in areas such as:

· asset-based financing and commercial lending

· secured transactions and creditors' rights

· loan syndications and participations

· loan restructurings and workouts

· intercreditor relationships

· lender liability prevention and defense

· debtor-in-possession financing

· bankruptcy and reorganizations

Chambers USA has recognized Mr. Forman as a leading individual in banking and finance law. Chambers notes that he "understands what it takes to get transactions closed and never loses track of the issues at hand." He has also received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

He is an elected fellow, and from 2000 to 2003 was a member of the Board of Regents, for the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Mr. Forman serves on the Founders Leadership Council of the CFA Education Foundation and is also a member of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys.

Representative Matters

· Commercial finance subsidiary of a national bank with its $220 million financing of substantial Latin America receivable portfolio.

· National bank agenting a leading syndicate providing a $500 million asset-based revolver to a national pharmaceutical and related product discounter.

· National bank agenting a syndicate providing an $80 million revolver financing mortgage receivables.

· Investment fund with a $2.2 billion secured revolver and term financing for its acquisition of commercial mortgage portfolios.

· Regularly represents banks, finance companies and other lenders, for themselves and as agents for loan syndicates, in workouts, restructurings, bankruptcy financings, and liquidations.

Memberships

Academy of Natural Sciences

American Bar Association

American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers

Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys

CFA Education Foundation

Lake Naomi Club

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Philadelphia Bar Association

Publications

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: An Overview of Changes Impacting Secured Lenders
Financial Services Alert
October 2005 (No. 1)
Harvey I. Forman, Regina Stango Kelbon and Mathew S. Rotenberg
Alert

Contributing Author: Practicing Under the Bankruptcy Reform Act
CRR Publishing Company
1979
Harvey I. Forman
Article

Cases and Deals

General Cable Corp. Closes $429.5M Exchange Offer
December 2009
Alan H. Lieblich, Joseph T. Gulant, Richard DiStefano, Ethan M. Seer, Harvey I. Forman, Lawrence R. Wiseman, et al.
General Cable Corporation in the closing of a $429.5 million exchange offer.
Deal

Providence Service Corporation Acquires LogistiCare for $220 Million
December 7, 2007
Steven Dubow, Thomas P. Dwyer, Elise M. Adams, Thomas B. McKernan III, Brad L. Shiffman, Christin R. Cerullo, et al.
Providence Service Corporation in its acquisition of LogistiCare for $220 million.
Deal

General Cable Acquires Phelps Dodge Wire and Cable Business for $710 Million
October 31, 2007
Alan H. Lieblich, Keith E. Gottfried, John McGrory, Pamela E. Flaherty, Joseph T. Gulant, David M. Perry, et al.
General Cable Corporation in its acquisition of Phelps Dodge International Corporation for approximately $710 million.
Deal

Goldman Sachs Invests in Dialysis Centers
Q1 2007
Lawrence F. Flick II, Harvey I. Forman and Joseph T. Gulant
Affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. in the investment and acquisition for regional operator of dialysis center, for $100 million.
Deal

Recognition

Chambers USA 2011 Recognizes More Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices
June 10, 2011
Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, J. Caleb Boggs III, Kevin J. Bruno, David W. Carickhoff, et al.
Ranking

Chambers USA 2010 Recognizes More Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices
June 11, 2010
Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Ernest W. Chung, Scott F. Cooper, Steven Dubow, et al.
Ranking

Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes More Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices
June 2009
Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Scott F. Cooper, Steven Dubow, Bonnie Glantz Fatell, et al.
Ranking

Chambers USA 2008-Higher Rankings for More Blank Rome Teams and Attorneys
June 2008
Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Scott F. Cooper, Steven Dubow, Bonnie Glantz Fatell, Joseph S. Finkelstein, et al.
Ranking

Chambers USA 2007 Recognizes Blank Rome's Leading Practices and Attorneys
June 2007
Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Steven Dubow, Bonnie Glantz Fatell, Lawrence F. Flick II, Harvey I. Forman, et al.
Ranking

Chambers USA 2006 Recognizes Blank Rome as Leading Law Firm
June 2006
Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Bonnie Glantz Fatell, Lawrence F. Flick II, Harvey I. Forman, Anthony B. Haller, et al.
Ranking

Chamber USA 2004 Ranks More Blank Rome Attorneys as Leading Lawyers
December 2004
Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Lawrence F. Flick II, Harvey I. Forman, Anthony B. Haller, Michael J. Hanlon, et al.
Ranking

Chambers USA 2003-2004 Ranks Blank Rome among the Top
December 2003
Thomas E. Biron, Fred Blume, Lawrence F. Flick II, Harvey I. Forman, Ann Blair Laupheimer, Frederick D. Lipman, et al.
Ranking

 
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Harvey I. Forman
Blank Rome LLP
18th & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998




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