Jon's practice includes representation of banks, insurance companies and other commercial lenders in a broad variety of financing transactions. Recent transactions run the gamut from a parking garage to a state-of-the-art laboratory for a biotech company. Other recent transactions include unsecured lending, receivables financings, equipment financings and real estate loans. Jon has particular skilled experience in both conventional and tax-exempt financing for senior living facilities, long-term care facilities, educational institutions, non-profit cultural institutions and social service agencies. Notable Experience · Jon recently closed a complex financing for the expansion of a continuing care retirement community. This transaction required creativity to weave the new financing into the rights created by an existing long-term bond issue, a ground lease and other existing documentation. · Working against a year-end deadline, Jon helped to shape and guide to fruition a major construction financing for a venerable New England museum. · Jon has many years of experience in the national senior living arena. In that role, he travels to California, Arizona, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, upstate New York and other locations closing financings for independent living facilities, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities. Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications · Jon lectures on a regular basis for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Jon will serve as the chair for the "Credit Enhancement" panel at the 2011 Bond Attorneys Workshop. He also participates in training presentations at a number of lending institutions in the Boston area. · "Not Charitable Enough: Provena Covenant Medical Center v. Department of Revenue," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, March 2010. · "Financing Implications of Choice of Structure," speaker, Second Annual Senior Living Symposium, Framingham, Massachusetts, March 11, 2010. · "Credit Facilities and Loan Documentation," co-presenter, Corporate Practice-MCLE BasicPlus Series, Boston, Massachusetts, November 9, 2005. News & Publications August 10, 2010, Sixty EAPD Attorneys Recognized by the Best Lawyers in America March 2010, Client Advisory - Not Charitable Enough: Provena Covenant Medical Center v. Department of Revenue September 1, 2009, 62 EAPD Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2010 July 10, 2009, Boston's Best Lawyers Recognizes 29 EAPD Attorneys February 4, 2009, 57 EAPD Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2009 October 10, 2007, 57 EAPD Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2008 September 5, 2006, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Attorneys Recognized as "Best Lawyers in America" June 7, 2006, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Recognized By Chambers USA Before Edwards Wildman Jon practiced for 20 years with another Boston law firm, where he headed the bank-lending group Events March 11, 2010, Framingham, MA, Second Annual Senior Living Symposium Industries · Healthcare · Tax-Exempt Organizations Memberships · Boston Bar Association · National Association of Bond Lawyers |