Banking and Financial Services

Dilworth Paxson's Banking and Financial Services Group is committed to providing its financial institution clients with high quality legal services that respond to their myriad business needs. The Group's attorneys have broad backgrounds in a vast range of areas affecting banks and other financial institutions which they apply to achieve their client's desired objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner.

The Banking and Financial Services Group regularly represents banks, finance companies, national and regional mortgage lenders, savings associations, credit unions, and other financial institutions in a wide variety of lending and other financing transactions, including:

• letter of credit facilities
• loan participations
• asset-backed and secured loans
• real estate loans

Group lawyers also provide representation to the Firm's corporate, real estate and other business clients in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of credit facilities, equipment leases, factoring arrangements, securitizations, private placements and other financing transactions.

The Banking and Financial Services Group also provides sophisticated representation to national and regional financial institutions for all issues involving consumer loans. We represent lenders in litigation involving state and federal law claims instituted by borrowers in regard to consumer loan transactions, including claims relating to subprime mortgages, predatory lending claims, disputes alleging violations of the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA), common law and consumer fraud claims, consumer class actions and state and federal claims alleging unfair and deceptive acts and trade practices.

In addition, Group attorneys have represented banks and other financial institutions in a broad range of corporate and regulatory matters. We provide advice to banking clients in:

• merger and acquisition transactions
• public and private offering of securities
• formation of bank holding companies
• chartering new financial institutions

Moreover, the Banking and Financial Services Group attorneys provide advice and assistance to the Firm's financial institution clients with respect to varied federal and state bank regulatory matters, including branch applications, formation of subsidiaries and examination issues.

We work closely with other practice groups to address any special problems or concerns that arise during the representation of lenders, including issues involving a borrower's intellectual property and licensing rights, environmental problems and corporate governance issues.

For questions or additional information, please contact co-chairs Wayne Streibich, or Barbara Ilsen of the Banking & Financial Services Group.

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