Career
Anthony R. Callobre is a Partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office, and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Commercial Finance Practice, and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Alternative Lenders practice group. Mr. Callobre concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial lending and corporate finance. His clients include credit providers, such as commercial banks, commercial finance companies, private debt, private equity groups, and other investors and lenders, as well as credit takers, both financial and strategic.
Mr. Callobre practices across a broad spectrum of the commercial and industrial sector. His matters involve industries such as agriculture, apparel and textiles, beauty and other consumer products, engineering, construction and infrastructure, investment funds, sports and entertainment, retail, technology, and transportation.
Mr. Callobre handles financing transactions ranging in size from middle-market to investment-grade credits. He has significant experience with a wide range of debt financing types, including: single lender and syndicated credits; senior-secured, second-lien, mezzanine, unitranche, and unsecured facilities; leveraged loans; asset-based loans; fund financings (including capital call and subscription lines, NAV and “hybrid” loans, management company lines, and employee participation loans); entertainment finance (including single-picture production loans and multiple picture, “slate” financings); cash-flow loans; acquisition loans; recapitalization facilities, working capital loans; cross-border loans; problem loan restructurings and workouts; 363 sales; and debtor-in-possession financings.
Chambers USA ranks Mr. Callobre as a leader in the field of banking and finance law. Chambers notes that sources say “Anthony’s experience is evidenced by his ability to handle and manage complex, cross-border transactions in an efficient and expeditious manner”; “he is a pleasure to work with and is very experienced”; and he “has a really good strategic mindset and is able to think through various complex deals and structures.”
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Fellow and former member of Board of Regents, American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
Past Chair, Subcommittee on Letters of Credit, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Section on Business Law, American Bar Association
Past Chair, Subcommittee on Syndications and Lender Relations, Commercial Financial Services Committee, Section on Business Law, American Bar Association
Past Co-Vice Chair, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section, State Bar of California
American Bar Association Task Force on Model Intercreditor Agreement for Second-Lien Financing Transactions
Financial Lawyers Conference
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
Secured Finance Network, including its Education Foundation
Adjunct Instructor for Secured Transactions, University of California, Irvine School of Law