Elizabeth Garner

Practice Areas

Commercial Finance

Lender Finance

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditor Rights

Financial Services

Career

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Garner represents financial institutions, investors and borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions, including syndicated, club and bilateral credit facilities. Lizzie has sharpened her skills as a finance attorney in law firms and while serving as internal legal counsel for a large regional bank. In-house practice has allowed Lizzie to develop a unique insider’s perspective. Having been a law firm client herself, she better understands the needs and priorities of her own clients, who appreciate her ability to frame legal issues using plain English and her penchant for being organized, prompt and thorough.

Lizzie has extensive experience in a wide variety of commercial, asset-based, senior secured and leveraged finance transactions, with specific industry experience in energy, retail, healthcare, food and beverages, life sciences, and sports and entertainment.

Professional Memberships

Board Member, Page Turners Make Great Learners

Member, Steering Committee, Cathedral of St. Philip Prison Re-Entry Ministry

Member, Secured Finance Network

Publications

Contributor, "Interview with Tree Buckingham of Mountain Ridge Capital," The Secured Lender (March 2024)

Author, "Ga. Banking Brief: All The Notable Compliance Updates In Q2," Law360 Expert Analysis (July 2023)

Co-Presenter, "Liability Management: Uptiering Transactions," State Bar of Georgia, Secured Lending Seminar (March 2023)

Contributor, "Women in Secured Finance Profiles," The Secured Lender (March 2023)

Contributor, "In the Spotlight: Women-Dominated Teams in Secured Finance," The Secured Lender (March 2023)

Contributor, "SFNet's 40 Under 40 Profiles," The Secured Lender (June 2022)

Moderator, Secured Finance Network (SFNet) Legal Forum (June 2022)

Awards