Banking & Financial Services
We represent a wide range of commercial lenders, including banking institutions, savings and loan associations, venture capitalists, real estate investment trusts (REITs), the real estate departments of insurance companies, asset based lenders, leasing companies and securities underwriters. We assist private lenders in the arrangement of financing, preparation and enforcement of loan documents, the workout of troubled loans, commercial and banking litigation, bankruptcy, operational and regulatory issues, lender liability claims, and operational issues encountered by lenders. Our specific experience in commercial banking and finance includes: mortgage lending, secured and unsecured term and revolving-credit financings, acquisition financing, syndications, construction lending, equipment lease financing, automobile dealership loans, financing of emerging high technology companies, taxable and tax exempt bond financing. Letters of credit and wire transfers that are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.
In addition, we represent financial services clients in all areas of commercial litigation, including:
- The enforcement and foreclosure of mortgage and securities agreements
- Asset recovery
- UCC sales
- Replevins and repossessions
- Fraud claims
- Forgery and forged checks claims
- Enforcement of final judgments, including garnishments, attachments and forced sales
- Defensive Litigation
Our attorneys are experienced in representing commercial banks in the defense of:
- Lender liability claims
- Class action litigation
- Improper loan servicing claims
- Claims related to depository accounts
- Letter of credit and wire transfers disputes
- Setoffs and garnishment issues
- Interbank transfer and presentment disputes
- Workouts and bankruptcy
The firm has a significant practice in the enforcement and work-out of troubled loans and the representation of creditors in bankruptcy cases including:
- Commercial foreclosures
- Restructuring troubled loans
- Receivership proceedings
- Complex problem loans involving multiple borrowers and a variety of collateral
- Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy litigation, including preference, fraudulent conveyance and claims litigation
- Chapter 11 reorganizations
- Residential and timeshare foreclosures
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Commercial collections