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In the commercial lending area, Cadwalader represents agents and lenders in secured and unsecured syndicated and single-bank lending transactions, including:

• acquisition financings
• warehouse financings
• the financing of all manner of financial assets
  (including repurchase arrangements)
• asset-based lending transactions
• commodity financings
• letter of credit transactions

We also advise institutional investors in the par and distressed bank loan markets and represent lenders in connection with debtor-in-possession financings.

We arrange credit to borrowers in a wide range of industries, including media and communications, energy and pipelines, forest products, food products, branded consumer goods, retail, and commercial real estate operators. The firm also has a substantial practice representing agent banks in syndicated financings for real estate opportunity funds, REITs and REIT affiliates, including financings backed by investor subscriptions.

In collaboration with the firm's Financial Restructuring attorneys, Cadwalader finance lawyers represent many of  the largest international and domestic investment and commercial banks and banking organizations in their capacity as administrative agents, agents or lenders in troubled leveraged finance transactions, in super-priority and other in- and out-of-court syndicated lending transactions, and in Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession financings.   Adept at interpreting and applying the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Bankruptcy Code, other applicable substantive laws, and regulated and unregulated industry standards, our attorneys efficiently structure workout transactions and negotiate and draft critical documentation, including complex operating and financial covenants, for our clients’ protection.  With national reputations, these attorneys are well-known to financial market participants and courts around the country, having achieved favorable results in many complex and significant workouts and reorganizations.  Their experience extends to implementing and monitoring these restructuring arrangements throughout all stages -- from origination to collateral recovery or exit financing.