Bingham is one of the leading law firms in the debt finance markets in the United States and globally, with offices in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The firm has a long and deep history representing lenders. In recent years our Banking and Leveraged Finance Group has dramatically grown and diversified in terms of clients, geographic base, and the depth and breadth of our practice. With more than 250 lawyers in the United States, Europe and Asia practicing in finance-related areas, Bingham counsels clients on nearly every type of debt financing transaction.
The Banking and Leveraged Finance Group represents lenders and debt investors in all types of debt transactions: syndicated, club and bilateral facilities; leveraged and investment grade financings; cash flow and asset-based financings; first-lien and second-lien financings; senior secured and unsecured mezzanine financings; and front-end financings as well as workouts, restructurings and debtor-in-possession financings. Our clients include banks, as well as hedge funds, business development corporations and other investment vehicles. We also provide regulatory advice to our financial services clients through our market-leading
Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory Practice.
Our partners are “thought leaders” in the industry and are consistently rated as the highest-qualified lawyers in their fields by Chambers, Who’s Who Legal and similar trade publications. Bingham lawyers are active with the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and speak regularly at trade and bar associations, including the American Bar Association (Commercial Finance Committee of the Business Law Section), the American Bankruptcy Institute, the International Insolvency Institute, the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, the Commercial Finance Association, the Equipment Leasing Association and the Practicing Law Institute.
Bingham has been and continues to be a major force in the development of finance and secured transactions law. Our lawyers have served as members of the Uniform Commercial Code drafting committees, as delegates to the UN Convention on Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, and on other committees and groups that help shape the financial transactions law of tomorrow. Our lawyers are currently working with delegations from other nations on a secured transactions guide for member countries of the United Nations.
Our depth of experience and market leadership make Bingham a natural choice for financial institutions seeking to structure, close, monitor, modify or enforce complex debt financing transactions. We understand the dynamics of the global financial marketplace and the evolving expectations of arrangers, agents, lenders, purchasers, borrowers and issuers. We believe our experience and talent consistently produce superior results for clients.
Lawyers in our Banking and Leveraged Finance Group are fully integrated and work seamlessly with Bingham’s market-leading Financial Restructuring Group, Energy and Project Finance Group, Structured Transactions Group, Institutional Finance Group, Japanese Practice Group and Hedge Funds Group, as well as a number of Bingham’s other finance-related practice groups.