Overview Choate has one of the premier debt finance and restructuring practices in the United States representing money center banks, private credit lenders, finance companies, hedge funds, business development companies, mezzanine investors and insurance companies in transactions across a wide variety of industries. Our decades of experience provide us with unique insight into the deal terms and key documentation issues that are most important to sophisticated market participants. In particular, we have deep capabilities in sponsor-backed cash flow and asset-based facilities, acquisition financings, multi-tranche facilities, structured loan arrangements, complex restructurings and bankruptcies, mass tort bankruptcies, and other special situations. Our finance team closes hundreds of transactions every year, for a wide array of clients, with facility sizes ranging from $25 million to in excess of $4 billion. We closely track deal terms in private databases, which in turn allows us to advise clients efficiently on market practices and trends. Our restructuring attorneys provide creative solutions to highly complex issues arising with financially distressed businesses, including with respect to corporate governance, security enforcement actions, asset sales, bankruptcy strategies and out-of-court restructurings. With continuous exposure to multiple parts of the debt finance and restructuring markets, we have been able to develop beneficial relationships with investment bankers, arrangers, consultants, liquidators and other intermediaries. We take great pride in utilizing relatively small deal teams that work together closely and drive transactions to successful closings. All of our partners have substantial experience with both transactional lending work and distressed situations.