Buchalter has represented financial institutions since its inception. Throughout its history, the firm has been a powerhouse in providing legal services to financial institutions in local, national and international markets and transactions.
The firm’s blue-chip client roster includes the dominant local, regional and money-center commercial banks, commercial finance companies, credit unions, factoring companies, business development companies, small business investment companies, REITS and other institutional investors and lenders. Our services for financial institutions include the origination and enforcement of commercial and industrial loans and real estate loans (both in and out of bankruptcy), purchases, sales and capital raising transactions, domestic and international tax advice, labor and employment advice, and complex litigation. We describe each of these services in greater detail below.
Commercial Lending and Finance
Our firm has one of the largest practices on the West Coast devoted exclusively to commercial lending and finance. Our lawyers represent leading lenders, factors, equipment lessors, and other financiers, and through that representation participate in and shape some of the most complex and novel transactions in the market, across a broad spectrum of industries. Our practice runs the gamut from small loans made by a single lender to a single borrower, to large-ticket equipment leases for upper middle-market companies, to very large, broadly syndicated international multi-currency loans made by many lenders to large high-grade borrowers and their foreign affiliates.
Creditors’ Rights
Our firm’s creditors’ rights and insolvency attorneys represent regional and national banks and other financial institutions acting as pre- and post-petition lenders, personal and real property lessors and secured creditors. Nationwide, we have documen
