Syndicated Finance

We represent lead arrangers as well as borrowers, offering them insightful guidance and prompt, responsive service. Always current on market terms, trends, and evolving standards, our Finance lawyers employ creative and practical financing strategies involving a wide variety of capital sources, structures, and asset classes. V&E also ranks among the top law firms in the energy arena, making us particularly adept at advising on syndicated borrowing and lending arrangements for upstream, midstream, and downstream energy companies.

For lead arrangers, bank groups, financial institutions, corporate lenders, and businesses, we structure, negotiate, document, and close sophisticated and innovative syndicated and “club” finance transactions. Our lawyers are experienced with the full range of secured and unsecured financing arrangements, including:

• Reserve-based lending
• Asset-based lending
• Acquisition and leveraged finance
• Mezzanine finance
• Structured finance

While we focus on syndicated credit facilities, intercreditor arrangements, and the restructuring of troubled loans, we also are highly experienced with derivatives and structured products. In addition, we regularly advise on day-to-day loan management issues, while supporting our clients’ long-term growth and investment goals. Our lawyers analyze loan-related risks and then structure finance arrangements understanding the need to balance lender security and borrower flexibility. We advise on all stages of loans, handling originations, distressed debt situations, refinancings, and exit strategies.

Highlighting our full-service capabilities, we collaborate with our Corporate, Securities, Real Estate, Energy, Restructuring & Reorganization, Regulatory, and Tax practices to assist clients regarding all forms of syndicated finance, including those involving multi-tranche and multiple currency credit facilities.