Corporate Lending

Schiff Hardin's finance attorneys have experience in all facets of corporate finance including:

• Senior secured and unsecured bank lending
• Mezzanine financing
• Project and structured financing
• Private placements
• Rule 144A and high yield debt issuances
• Leveraged and synthetic leasing
• Equipment finance
• Credit enhancements
• Cross-border transactions

Schiff Hardin's experience in the area of secured lending runs deep, having represented lenders and borrowers in all forms of secured lending transactions. This includes the documentation and negotiation of revolving credit facilities and term facilities, as well as letters of credit.

Our significant experience with respect to the complexities of obtaining and maintaining security interests in wide varieties of collateral makes Schiff Hardin lawyers an important asset in the documentation process. We have been especially helpful in working with all parties to financing transactions to facilitate effective communications, straightforward and efficient negotiations, and clear and concise documentation.

Schiff Hardin's mezzanine finance practice combines broad experience and excellent legal skills with a deep commitment to serving our clients' needs. We represent preeminent institutional investors going into, throughout the life of, and exiting a broad array of mezzanine investments. When the need arises, we also regularly represent our clients in workouts and restructurings.

Our mezzanine transactions practice arises in connection with acquisition financings, going private transactions, recapitalizations and growth capital, to name a few examples. We represent clients investing in a broad spectrum of mezzanine investment vehicles, including senior or junior subordinated notes, which may be secured or unsecured, preferred stock and limited liability company interests of numerous classifications, in each case with varying terms and levels of subordination, together with equity kickers and equity co-investments.

We routinely face complex deal structures and difficult situations. We pride ourselves with consistent client satisfaction. Our attorneys cover all facets of corporate finance including:

• Senior secured and unsecured bank lending
• Private placements
• Rule 144A and High Yield Debt issuances
• Project and structured finance
• Leveraged leasing
• Synthetic leasing
• Equipment finance
• Credit enhancements
• Cross-border transactions

We have represented most of the different types of participants involved in the structured and project finance process, including entities providing financing or credit support, and other originating or sponsoring entities, underwriters and servicers.

Clients we have represented in connection with providing financing or credit support in project or other types of structured finance transactions include many major banks, insurance companies, municipalities, and other governmental entities.