James S Lawlor

Practice Areas

Jim has extensive and diverse experience in public, securitized and project financings. He represents lenders and borrowers in commercial finance matters, and he works with issuers, underwriters and credit enhancers in taxable and tax-exempt debt offerings.

Jim has served as bond, underwriter, bank and borrower counsel in bond issuances, and as both lender's and borrower's counsel on syndicated and bilateral bank credit agreements.

In his bank finance practice, Jim has been counsel to lenders and agent banks in the negotiation and documentation of commercial loan transactions, including senior and subordinated, secured and unsecured, bilateral and syndicated credit facilities. He has also represented banks issuing letters of credit in connection with variable rate demand obligations. In addition, Jim represents clients obtaining financing for acquisitions, construction, inventory or working capital in multiple industries.

In public finance, Jim has worked primarily as bond counsel or underwriter’s counsel on tax-exempt conduit financings, through various state and local issuing authorities, for the benefit of colleges, hospitals and other nonprofit organizations.