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Experienced commercial and corporate finance attorney
Handles all aspects of commercial, corporate and consumer finance transactions, compliance matters, and general business counseling
Represents lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured loans, structured financings, asset securitizations, factoring, swaps, commodities hedging and derivative transactions, and lease financing
Counsels sellers and buyers in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
Experienced in bank regulatory matters relating to “non-bank” banks, and in warranty and consumer finance regulatory matters including usury “margin stock,” Truth-in-Lending, ECOA, FCRA and GLB

Representative Experience

Represented a Fortune 500 company in the “true sale” of equipment lease receivables ($38MM)
Represents originators in various receivable, mortgage loan and other asset-backed securitizations (up to $400MM)
Represents various bank lenders in numerous working capital and acquisition finance lending transactions (up to $50MM)
Represents numerous borrowers in working capital, acquisition financing and real estate financing transactions (up to $1BB)

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Additional Experience

Represents buyers and sellers in various acquisition and divestiture transactions ($2MM to $100MM)

Represents "middle market" equipment lease companies in structuring, documenting and implementing lease programs

Advised in successful defense of major Minnesota usury class action suit

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Education

University of Michigan Law School » J.D. » cum laude

Yale University » B.A. » Economics » with distinction » cum laude

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Areas of Practice

Financial Services

Acquisitions & Divestitures

Consumer Regulation

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Recognition

Minnesota Law & Politics » “Super Lawyer” » “Top 40 Business & Commercial Lawyer”

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Associations & Pro Bono

Minnesota State Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
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Presentations & Publications

Regular speaker on commercial and corporate law matters

Co-Author » "Key Issues in Private and Public M&A Transactions", chapter from Inside the Minds: M&A Negotiations, Aspatore Books, September 2010

“Working With Commercial Credit Agreements” (January 23, 2012 Minnesota CLE)

“Negotiating & Drafting Commercial Credit Agreements: Defaults” (February 22, 2010 Minnesota CLE)
“Representing Borrowers in Lending Transactions” (June 9, 2008 Minnesota CLE)