Financial institutions rely on Halloran Sage because of our depth of knowledge and range of involvement in sophisticated financing and capital markets transactions. Our lawyers have extensive experience in documenting financial investments of all kinds. We have facilitated acquisitions, sales, mergers and roll-up transactions for banks and financial institutions. We are distinguished by our practical knowledge of the fundamentals of institutional finance. Many of our lawyers acquired their institutional savvy through hands-on experience working in the private and public sectors. Lawyers in our firm have served as in-house counsel and regional counsel to major U.S. financial institutions active in the real estate and commercial finance industries. Others have acted as counsel to governmental credit agencies and represented an array of financial institutions, including banks, finance companies, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts and conduit programs.
We have extensive experience in creating, administering and restructuring financial investments of all kinds. Our expertise includes real estate investments, project financings, multi-currency transactions, traditional term and revolver syndicated credit facilities, securities offerings, mezzanine and subordinated debt and private placements. We assist lenders in all aspects of corporate and commercial credit matters, including asset-based and working capital transactions, acquisition financing, leveraged buyout financing, lease financing, venture capital and mezzanine financing, senior and subordinated term financing and Chapter 11 reorganizations. These transactions often involve analysis of collateral and credit risks, subordination and intercreditor arrangements and debt/equity issues. We also have considerable experience in transactions requiring a variety of complex covenant and collateral structures. We are well-versed in all aspects of real and personal property collateral security, including leasehold financing, cross-collateralized and multi-state and international transactions.