J Patrick Beauchamp

Work Highlights

Counsel to Louisiana's largest community development district as an issuer of its special assessment revenue bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of its infrastructure and residential components.

Counsel to administrative agent and lender syndicate in collaboration with the state agency issuing several tranches of bonds for the acquisition, development, and construction of several new skilled nursing facilities located across the state.

Local counsel to majority bondholders in connection with a hospital district's payment defaults and potential municipal bankruptcy.

Ongoing representation of revolving loan and term lender syndicates in administration of extensive vessel fleet collateral.

Practice Areas

Admiralty & Maritime

Corporate & Finance

Real Estate

Public Finance

Career

Widely recognized for his client service by prominent national and regional ranking agencies, J. Patrick Beauchamp focuses his practice on counseling clients in real estate, asset finance, and municipal finance matters. Pat brings more than three decades of experience in real estate and finance including maritime and energy assets.

Pat has gained a reputation for his ability to help lending institutions, municipalities, and individuals untangle the layers of complexities that often threaten to derail transactions by calling upon his decades of experience on both sides of the table in order to offer his clients considered solutions in all phases of a transaction. Simply put, he knows how to get deals done.

A key component of Pat’s practice centers on his counsel to both public and private sector clients in all phases of project development. Representing community and economic development districts on real estate and infrastructure finance matters, and advises institutional clients on municipal bond matters, including tax increment financings and new markets, and historical tax credit transactions.

Pat’s extensive knowledge of the Louisiana Civil Code and its unique provisions as it relates to secured lending transactions has his out-of-state peers frequently calling upon his experience and partnership in financing matters. His reputation in the maritime finance sector keeps him in demand as special Louisiana counsel to institutional lenders and out-of-state counsel as his collaborative approach to any transaction is widely appreciated.

Pat recognizes that when economic development projects go smoothly, both sides of public-private partnerships collaborate closely and utilize incentives, tax credits, and other measures that, ultimately, improve communities. These projects construct roads, schools, and housing facilities, improve infrastructure, create jobs, generate tax revenues, bring people together, and enhance quality of life.

Pat understands that clients worry about many issues – for example, the demands of obtaining environmental approvals and meeting other regulatory requirements or the deadline-driven pressures they encounter in conducting complex, high-stakes transactions – and he does all he can to help alleviate their concerns.

With a flair for communicating complicated concepts so they are easily and fully understood, Pat talks with, not at, clients as they partner together to advance their interests. He thinks through both the subtle details and the far-reaching ramifications of a matter, organizes his thoughts, and then clearly and concisely presents strategies and options to his clients.

Professional Memberships

Council of Development Finance Agencies

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Louisiana State Law Institute, Lease of Movables Act Committee, Special Advisor

Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions, Served as Examiner for property and family law and most recently, as chairman

Louisiana State Bar Association, Uniform Title Standards Committee, Member

Louisiana Bankers Association, Bank Counsel Section; served on study committee that drafted the 1991 Mennonite legislation

American Bar Association

Education