Banking and Financial Services
Shipman’s banking and financial services team provides sophisticated advice to market-leading multinational, money-center, regional banks, community banks, bank holding companies, commercial financial institutions, and other lenders. Our lawyers have extensive experience structuring, negotiating and documenting a wide range of sophisticated, multimillion-dollar commercial, real estate, asset-based, and other financing transactions.
Our approach is practical, solution-oriented and business-savvy. Whether counseling banks and financial-services clients with respect to general project finance matters, preparing appropriate documentation, concluding large permanent, construction or term loans, lines of credit, and syndicated and tax-credit financings, or handling distressed assets and transactions, our counsel blends proven best practices with innovative approaches that take into account the practical business aspects from our client perspective as well as and regulatory pressures.
We represent banks and financial institutions in transactions across virtually all industries (including entertainment, environmental, health care and skilled nursing, hotels and hospitality, manufacturing, commercial, industrial and residential multi-family real estate, and retail) and in all major areas of debt and credit financings, mezzanine financing, securitizations and related capital-sourcing matters. Our record of success has helped us establish strong, long-term relationships with numerous well-known institutions, including Bank of America, M&T Bank and People’s Bank, among others.
As advisors to businesses and lenders alike, our experience in dealing with transactional and securities matters, as well public-private partnerships, workout and restructurings gives us deep insights into the objectives, perspectives and expectations of participants on all sides of a deal. Our collective approach helps us navigate the complexities of the industry by developing and implementing strategies that address all legal intricacies, regulations and developments. We provide clients with full-service solutions, and provide comprehensive advice on complex matters, while staying abreast of emerging legal and business trends that continuously impact the evolving landscape of the financial service industry. Our goal across all industry segments is to minimize disruption to your business and help you mitigate negative impacts on your bottom line.
Commercial Finance
Members of our banking and financial services industry team primarily represent financial institutions and other lenders in various types of financings; as set forth above, as well as loan workouts, loan restructuring; and loan sales. In addition, we represent public and private companies, including businesses that are local, regional, national, and international in scope as borrowers in financing transactions . Our borrower clients include businesses at all stages of development, including startup and emerging companies; closely held and family businesses; middle market companies; quasi-public agencies; and non-profit organizations.
We assist clients in all areas of finance, including:
