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K&L Gates’ global Finance practice includes more than 100 lawyers in 24 offices across the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East who represent lenders and borrowers in an array of financing transactions.

Our finance lawyers are located in key financial capitals and have a broad-based understanding of local laws, current market terms, and complex multijurisdictional financing transactions. We advise lenders, borrowers, guarantors, lessors, lessees, and issuers in the capital markets on all aspects of mainstream secured, unsecured, asset-based, cash flow, and other commercial lending and commercial real estate financing transactions. We counsel lenders and borrowers on sophisticated intercreditor arrangements and complex debt restructurings. Our team handles financings in almost every industry, including commodities, mining, manufacturing, distribution, media, telecommunications, entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, retail, and the service sector.

Lenders: We focus on structuring and documenting a transaction that protects the lender’s assets at risk in every manner possible or practicable. Our lawyers focus upon covenant protection and events of default, as well as the rights and remedies of secured lenders in respect to many different types of tangible and intangible collateral. We review structures to ensure that guarantors, if any, are properly inserted into the transaction structure and bolster the transaction with legally enforceable credit support. We structure and negotiate equity co-investments, warrants, and convertible notes. Additionally, our team works with local counsel in various jurisdictions to make certain that applicable local law is also followed in connection with assets to be secured or cashflows required to ensure timely repayment.

Borrowers and Issuers: Our experienced finance lawyers assist clients in understanding the myriad issues involved in the extension of credit and the various structural alternatives available to them in constructing a transaction. We maximize clients’ rights and simplify, to the extent possible, their reporting and compliance requirements through review and comments on relevant agreements. We explain the many legal issues that surround the extension of credit and ensure that the requirements of the credit documents do not impair clients’ abilities to perform and grow their businesses. Additionally, we help ensure clients obtain market favorable terms.  

Areas of Practice

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Of Counsel
P +1.415.882.8092
Associate
P +1.858.509.7424
Partner
P +65.6507.8113
Senior Associate
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Of Counsel
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Partner
P +1.412.355.8330
Partner
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Partner
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Partner
P +1.310.552.5014
Partner
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Counsel
P +49.(0).69.945.196.366
Partner
P +1.704.331.7556
Counsel
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Of Counsel
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Partner
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Administrative Partner (New York)
P +1.212.536.4005
Partner
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Partner
P +44.(0).20.7360.8169
Partner
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Administrative Partner (Tokyo)
P +81.3.6205.3601
Associate
P +1.312.807.4371
Partner
P +1.214.939.4956
Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Legal Support Staff
P +44.(0).207.360.8218
Of Counsel
P +1.206.370.7626
Partner
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Associate
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Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Of Counsel
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Associate
P +44.(0).20.7360.8230
Administrative Partner (San Diego)
P +1.858.509.7433
Associate
P +1.704.331.7495
Associate
P +1.202.778.9149
Of Counsel
P +1.312.807.4267
Associate
P +886.2.2326.5170
Administrative Partner (Berlin and Frankfurt)
P +49.(0)30.220.029.200
Partner
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Partner
P +974.4424.6119
Staff Lawyer
P +1.617.951.9165
Associate
P +1.206.370.8196
Partner
P +81.3.6205.3608
Partner
P +1.312.807.4299
Senior Associate
P +44.(0).20.7360.8256
Senior Associate
P +44.(0).20.7360.8119
Trainee Lawyer
P +44.(0).20.7360.8127
Senior Associate
P +44.(0).20.7360.8210
Partner
P +1.202.778.9401
Partner
P +1.310.552.5063
Partner
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Partner
P +81.3.6205.3603
Associate
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Partner
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Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Associate
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Partner
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Senior Associate
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Counsel
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Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
P +1.312.781.7235
Partner
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Partner
P +1.202.778.9854
Registered Foreign Lawyer
P +852.2230.3598
Partner
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Partner
P +1.312.807.4395
Associate
P +49.(0).69.945.196.245
Of Counsel
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Partner
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Counsel
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Partner
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Senior Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Associate
Senior Associate
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Partner
P +1.704.331.7512
Partner
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Partner
P +1.206.370.5791
Partner
P +1.817.347.5284
Associate
Associate
Partner
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Associate
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Partner
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Associate
P +1.214.939.5864
Associate
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
P +1.212.536.4825
Of Counsel
P +48.22.653.4229
Partner
P +1.206.370.7801
Partner
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Associate
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Partner
P +1.202.778.9023
Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Partner
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Associate
P +1.704.331.7503