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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.

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Banking & Finance - Massachusetts

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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.

Work Highlights

  • Choate Hall & Stewart provided counsel to Citizens Bank on a syndicated senior credit facility of up to $550 million to Steven Madden, Ltd.

Strengths

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They do a great job managing multiple deals while staying involved and on top of it all.

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They are very friendly and I never have qualms about using them as counsel in what is ultimately a relationship-driven business.

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I trust them to have a good feel for the market.

Banking & Finance respondent
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Choate has exceptional client service instincts, and I know they are always anticipating ways they can help us avoid pitfalls in the legal and closing process.

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Notable Practitioners

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John F Ventola
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John F Ventola
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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 wonderful to work with. He is knowledgeable and respected throughout the community, which helps facilitate deal-making.

He is very responsive and experienced.

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

Kevin is very smart, has tons of experience and is very commercial.

He has a sophisticated practice.

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Mark D Silva
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Mark D Silva
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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 fantastic and has incredible industry insights. He gets a huge thumbs up from me.

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Kevin Jarboe
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Kevin Jarboe
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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.

Kevin Jarboe is a really good technical lawyer. He is really adept.

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Seth D. Mennillo
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Seth D. Mennillo
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Seth Mennillo is known for advising financial institutions on credit facilities and asset-based loan facilities, among other issues.

I really enjoy working with Seth. He has a strong sense for our priorities in a deal and is very easy to communicate with.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

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John F Ventola
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John F Ventola
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Kevin J Simard
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Kevin J Simard
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Mark D Silva
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Mark D Silva
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Kevin Jarboe
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Kevin Jarboe
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Seth D. Mennillo
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Seth D. Mennillo
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