Practice Area:
Banking & Finance
The only constant in the complex world of banking and finance is change.
Shields Legal excels at helping our clients address complex issues and proactively manage risks from start to finish. Shields has longstanding, deep relationships with banks and lending institutions of all kinds and sizes. We represent bank lenders, non-bank lenders, corporate borrowers, and individuals in a wide variety of deals, including syndicated, senior, bilateral, mezzanine, unitranche, ABL, equipment, subscription, and acquisition financings. Clients value our business acumen, attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to safeguarding their interests. For clients seeking better lending options, we find the right banking fit for their lending needs at every stage of growth.
Shields Legal’s Banking & Finance practice operates across most major industries, including business services, e-commerce, energy, financial services, food and grocery, healthcare, hospitality, infrastructure, manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and telecommunications. Our attorneys advise commercial and investment banks in complex financing transactions while also counseling non-bank lenders on high-risk leveraged transactions, managing distressed debt situations through “workouts,” and facilitating company restructuring processes when necessary.
Services include:
- Banking and Finance Transactions
- Debt Finance Strategies
- Acquisition Financings
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Restructuring
- Workouts and Forbearances
- Real Estate Finance
Clients rely on Shields to deliver solutions-focused advice and deal execution in some of the most challenging transactions in the market today:
Middle market lending | Private credit & direct lending | Leveraged finance | Asset-based lending
Real estate finance | Project finance | Syndicated transactions
Our transactions span acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, project financings, bridge lending, and loan commitments. Shields Legal’s Banking & Finance practice is highly integrated, making it seamless for companies and financial institutions executing multiple simultaneous financings. Our approach helps mitigate the risk of “blind spots” created by a more traditionally siloed practice. We understand what products, services, and capabilities individual banks feature and what their ideal borrower risk profile looks like. Our attorneys are knowledgeable about myriad loan products in the marketplace, including the loan document sets specific lenders are using, what terms and conditions they impose, and which institutions offer the best rates and lending terms for a particular client’s needs and circumstances.
Banking & Finance Case Studies
The mission of Shields Legal is to bring strategic business insight, professional judgment and competence to your company’s business and legal issues.