Our Experience

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Our firm addresses the needs of large and small equipment leasing and finance operations in a wide variety of transaction types, including:

Large ticket, middle-market and small ticket lease transactions Vendor lease programs TRAC, first amendment, service contract and synthetic leases Equipment finance agreements Traditional loan financing Progress payment, interim funding and construction loans Leveraged lease structures, including cross-border transactions Sublease and inventory structures Assignments and syndications

Warehouse and funding lines Refinancings, back-leveraging, lease assignments, sales of interest and other structure or party changes Multiparty use arrangements and financings for operators and drivers Debt fundings and portfolio acquisitions Mixed goods and services transactions Representation of bank, captive and independent equipment financers and lessors Representation of funders and brokers in creating broker programs

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence.

– Abraham Lincoln

We have years of experience in documenting and enforcing financings for many types of equipment, among them:

Motor vehicles (including trucks, tractors and trailers) Manufacturing, utility and construction equipment Hotel and commercial FF&E Aircraft and vessels Railroad rolling stock and subway trams Electric generation, water treatment and other facilities

Computer, telecommunications and other high-tech equipment Satellite transponders Medical equipment, including CT scans and facilities Gas compression equipment Ambulances, fire engines and other municipal assets

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

– Robert Frost

Although our lessors and lender clients include several members of the Monitor 100, no single client or type of business enterprise dominates our client base.  We represent or have recently represented bank-affiliated leasing companies, including a major regional bank and community banks.  We have created leasing programs for both existing and start-up equipment leasing companies as well as for vendors entering the equipment finance business.  We represent captive vendor finance companies and those who finance vendor-originated transactions.  Our clients also include brokers, small leasing companies and lease originators as well as funding sources and lenders. Learn about our policies here.

For further information

For more information, please contact us online, email or call any of our lawyers at the numbers on our bio pages, or call Tammy Phillips at 205.251.8301.