Biography
Jim’s practice focuses primarily on commercial lending, corporate finance, loan workouts, and restructurings. He has represented regional, money center, and foreign banks, as well as other financial institutions, in all types of commercial and real estate loans, with a special emphasis on syndicated financings, and has deep experience in asset-based lending, leveraged acquisitions, and letters of credit. Jim has over 25 years of experience representing and counseling financial institutions in out-of-court restructures and bankruptcies and has handled numerous debtor in possession and exit financings. Jim has also represented corporations, partnerships, private equity firms, and other business entities in various types of restructurings, commercial borrowings, and corporate finance transactions. Jim is one of only a few lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® under the categories of both banking law and bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights law. Based on the breadth of his experience, Jim is a member of the Finance Practice Group and the Restructuring & Reorganization Practice Group of the firm.