Jim Schulwolf represents senior and mezzanine lenders, venture capital investors (including SBIC's), private equity funds, hedge funds, emerging growth companies and private companies in financing, investment, leasing, acquisition, corporate, licensing and restructuring transactions. Jim regularly advises these clients with respect to structuring, negotiating, and closing complex transactions. Jim also regularly advises clients with respect to distressed investments and the restructuring of existing investments and loans. In addition, Jim advises clients, including municipalities, universities, and non-profit entities with regard to interest-rate swaps and hedging transactions. Jim is the Chair of the Commercial Finance Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section and is a member of the Connecticut Law Revision Commission Advisory Committee on 2010 Amendments to Revised Article 9.
Jim's experience includes the representation of senior lenders in complex commercial, asset-based, and acquisition financings; mezzanine lenders and hedge funds; SBIC's and venture capital funds; emerging growth companies; hedge fund, buyers, sellers and sponsors; and nanotechnology companies in corporate, licensing, joint venture, and capital raising activities.
Jim is a recognized authority on drafting and negotiating intercreditor and subordination agreements on behalf of senior and subordinate lenders and is the author of "Controlling Your Destiny-Key Issues in Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements", The Secured Lender (1995). He also deals extensively with family-owned businesses and is the author of "Financing the Family-Owned Business," The Secured Lender (2002).
Jim lectures frequently on issues relating to commercial and real estate lending, intercreditor issues, venture finance, and venture capital investment.
Distinctions
· AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
· Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Business/Corporate, Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions; 2006-2012
· Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®: Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law; 2005-2012
· Fellow (1998-present) and Member of the Board of Regents (2005-2009), American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
· Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellow
Professional Affiliations
· American Bar Association: Commercial Finance Committee: Chair (August 2010-Present), Vice Chair (2007-2010), Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Programs (2003-2007); Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Financing (1997-2002); Committee on Uniform Commercial Code; Regional Coordinator, Joint ABA/NCCUSL National Task Force for the Enactment of Revised Article 9; Member, Connecticut Revised Article 9 Task Force (2000-2001), Member, Connecticut Law Revision Commission Advisory Committee on 2010 Amendments to UCC Article 9 (2010)
· Connecticut Venture Group: President, Hartford Chapter (2003-2008); Member, State Board of Directors
· Turnaround Management Association, Connecticut Chapter: Board of Directors
· Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
Community Involvement
· Amherst Association of Connecticut
· Town of West Hartford: coach, youth soccer and baseball
· Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford: Permanent Board Member; Former President and Board Chair
· Leadership Greater Hartford
Experience
Single LP Venture Capital Fund
Mezzanine Financing
Restructuring of Insurance Dedicated Fund and Loan Facility
Workouts of Commercial Financing Transactions
Multiple Lender Transactions
Commercial Lending
Complex Acquisition Financings
Multi-Bank Syndicated Financings
Mezzanine and Venture Capital Financings
Complex Merger and Acquisition
Equipment Lease Financings
$42,000,000 Financing of National Furniture Distributor
$400,000,000 Project Financing for Fortune 500 Company
Publications
August 17, 2010, The New Era of Regulation Under the Dodd-Frank Act: A Compliance Guide for Investment Advisers and Private Investment Funds
November 22, 2002, Financing the Family-Owned Business
News
September 2, 2011, "Best Lawyers in America" Recognizes 30 Lawyers from the Firm
August 23, 2011, Jim Schulwolf Speaks to Borrower's Counsel on Commercial Loan Documents
April 2011, 35 Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named a "Top Lawyer" in Hartford County
February 15, 2011, Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Selected by Connecticut Bar Foundation as James W. Cooper Fellows
October 28, 2010, "Super Lawyers" Recognizes 47 Lawyers From Shipman & Goodwin LLP
September 23, 2010, "Best Lawyers In America" Recognizes 27 Lawyers from Shipman & Goodwin LLP
October 27, 2009, Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
August 10, 2009, 25 Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Recognized as "2010 Best Lawyers in America"
March 2, 2009, Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyers & Rising Stars and Featured in Connecticut Magazine
December 4, 2008, Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Recognized as "2009 Best Lawyers in America"
November 7, 2008, Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
April 25, 2008, Attorneys Named By Super Lawyers®
September 1, 2007, Nineteen Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America for 2008
February 1, 2006, Thirty-Five Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named Connecticut "Super Lawyers®"
September 1, 2005, Seventeen Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America for 2006
Events
January 18, 2012, Winter 2012 Northeast Private Equity Conference
August 17, 2011, Webinar: The Lender Asked for What? Key Loan Document Issues for Borrower's Counsel
September 30, 2010, Value Added: Finding and Saving Money in a Recovering Real Estate Economy
June 10, 2010, Workout Strategies Seminar
April 24, 2007, Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers
March 29, 2007, Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers
October 19, 2006, Commercial Real Estate Financing in Connecticut: : Environmental Considerations in Business and Real Property Transactions
May 2-3, 2006, Connecticut Venture Group Crossroads Venture Fair
March 21, 2006, Connecticut Venture Group Business Financing Fair
January 26, 2006, Commercial Real Estate Financing in Connecticut
September 27, 2005, Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers
June 28, 2005, Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers
January 15, 2004, Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documents in Connecticut
September 30, 2003, Commercial Real Estate Financing in Connecticut
September 9, 2003, Buying and Selling a Business in Connecticut
January 8, 2003, Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documents in Connecticut
February 19, 2002, Revised Article 9 of the UCC in Connecticut
January 29, 2002, Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documents in Connecticut
November 16, 2001, Revised Article 9 of the UCC: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for the Connecticut Practitioner
November 1, 2001, Revised Article 9 of the UCC: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for the Connecticut Practitioner
March, 2001, Venture for Dummies: An Introduction to Venture Capital
November 15, 2000, Revised Article 9 of the UCC in Connecticut
November 14, 2000, Corporate Governance: Do Your Shared Really Matter
June 16, 2000, Financing the Enterprises of the Internet: Using Intellectual Property as Collateral For a Loan
April 2000, Fundamentals of Revised Article 9
April 2000, Legal Pitfalls in E-commerce
March 2000, Surfing the Law: Real-Time Applications of Proposed Intellectual Statutes
March 2000, Voting Rights in Syndicated and Participated Transactions
March 2000, The Curious Case of Microzon.com - A Case Study in Intellectual Property Financing
May 1999, Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements
November 1997, Lending to Limited Liability Entities
August 1997, Lending to Limited Liability Entities
April 1997, How the New Article 9 Will Change Your Life
October 1996, How the New Article 9 Will Change Your Life
August 1996, Financing the Family Owned Business
February 1996, Key Issues in Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements
August 1995, Lending to Limited Liability Companies
September 1994, Current Issues in Article 7 Transactions
1998 - 2000, Executive Enterprises Panels on Loan Documentation and Asset Based Lending