Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Banking & Finance

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Provided by Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Choate’s Banking and Finance team represents leading financial institutions, institutional investors, borrowers and issuers in a full range of financings, including senior syndicated, second lien, mezzanine/subordinated, club and single-lender facilities, and debtor-in-possession. The team is especially focused on complex financing transactions in the retail, sports, healthcare, technology and consumer products industries.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Massachusetts

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Choate Hall & Stewart has a diverse financial institution client base that operates in a range of sectors including energy, healthcare and retail. The firm is highly regarded for its strong transactional work on behalf of lenders. It offers guidance on a host of financial arrangements, such as club and single-lender facilities, and subordinated, second-lien and syndicated loans. This team is a strong choice for midmarket acquisition financing, and it also offers specialist expertise in amendment and management of term loans. The firm is also capable of doing complex cross-border work.

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Work Highlights

Choate Hall & Stewart represented First Eagle Alternative Credit in an $88 million asset-based term loan facility to Dorel Industries.

Strengths

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The firm is a leading thinker in addressing complex legal and business issues.

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

Choate is very commercial, easy to work with, and has worked with us long enough to know exactly what we care about.

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

The firm is a leading thinker in addressing complex legal and business issues.

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

Choate is very commercial, easy to work with, and has worked with us long enough to know exactly what we care about.

Banking & Finance respondent
USA

Notable Practitioners

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John F Ventola

Band 2

John Ventola has longstanding experience in the banking and finance space, regularly advising on secured transactions as part of a broad practice also covering loan amendments and complex cross-border credit facilities.

John is an exceptional attorney.

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Kevin J Simard

Band 2

Kevin Simard is noted for his work advising lenders on secured financings in retail sector transactions.

Kevin is responsive, has a thorough understanding of what we are looking for as business people and effectively marries that to the legal question or issue.

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Mark D Silva

Band 2

Mark Silva acts for lenders and borrowers on debt financings, leveraged acquisitions, term loan amendments and intercreditor arrangements. He has particular expertise in the retail sector.

Mark is creative, strategic and a market leader who holistically understands the business we undertake.

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Kevin Jarboe

Band 3

Kevin Jarboe is noted for advising on a wide range of debt financing facilities. He has recent experience handling matters relating to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.

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Peter M Palladino

Band 3

Peter Palladino has over three decades of experience practicing in the banking and finance space. He is particularly notable for his work on behalf of private equity funds on acquisition financings and loan amendments.

Peter is a very talented and commercial lawyer.

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