Commercial Finance and Lending | McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Working as national, regional, and local counsel, McGlinchey attorneys handle complex and traditional commercial finance transactions.

Credit Facilities. We negotiate and document loans in both syndicated and single financial institution transactions with both multiple and single entity borrowers in connection with multistate credit facilities. Our experience includes all types of credit facilities, including the following:

Asset-based facilities
Cash-flow facilities
Distressed facilities
Import facilities
Letter of credit
Leveraged buy-out facilities
Mezzanine facilities
Project finance facilities
Revolving credit facilities
Securitizations
Syndicated facilities
Synthetic lease facilities
Term loan facilities

Secured Transactions. We also have experience in complex credit facilities secured by all types of collateral, including:

Aircraft
Chattel paper (both sales and leases and both tangible and electronic)
Documents of title/bills of lading (both tangible and electronic)
Fixed assets, including equipment and real estate
Goods covered by certificates of title
Interests in titling trusts
Maritime vessels, both domestic and foreign
Receivables and inventory, both domestic and foreign

Economic Sectors. McGlinchey also has experience in lending in all economic sectors, including the following:

Chemical
Commercial real estate (including office and residential/apartments)
Construction
Consumer finance (including floor planning and lending to consumer finance companies)
Export/import
Health care
Hospitality (including hotels, restaurants, and casinos)
Industrial
Manufacturing
Maritime
Motor vehicle
Oil and gas
Retail
Wholesale

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