Walter & Haverfield offers the banking and finance industry a wide variety of services, including expertise in documenting loan origination, loan workout and forbearance, business services, litigation, and enforcement of creditor's rights, real estate, employment, and economic development matters.
Commercial lenders call upon us for expert counsel in matters arising from construction, real estate and commercial law. We counsel a variety of lenders including banks, private lenders, mezzanine lenders and venture capital firms, and equipment financing and leasing operations. We represent lenders aggressively and cost-efficiently in areas including construction and permanent-transaction mortgage lending; revolving credit, working capital, inventory and receivables financing; capital equipment loans and leases; mergers, acquisitions and buyout financing; tax enhanced loan transactions; loan workouts and collections; foreclosure and bankruptcy litigation; and loan closing services. Specifically, our attorneys have helped local and national lenders negotiate construction and permanent loans, as well as all types of leases for both landlords and tenants. We have also represented lenders in leasehold mortgage financing transactions and loans intended to be sold in the conduit market.
In the real estate area, the firm provides guidance in commercial lending issues. Our real estate attorneys have represented clients in various financing and real estate activities, including a $60 million master financing and acquisition and several large redevelopment, construction, acquisition and leasing projects. We also have significant experience in the acquisition, leasing and divestiture of office and retail bank owned properties. Through our creditors' rights practice, we help creditors obtain judgments against debtors, and pursue collection through garnishments, seizures and foreclosures with maximum efficiency and reasonable costs to maximize the potential for recovery from the debtor.
Walter & Haverfield's employment attorneys represent employers, including those in the financial industry. Their proactive approach helps our clients effectively manage their workforces and avoid the costs and uncertainty of litigation. Specific expertise areas include defense against discrimination, wrongful discharge and other employee claims; design, review and implementation of personnel policies and procedures; discipline and discharge advice; equal employment opportunity planning and compliance; and compliance with minimum wage, overtime and related compensation laws. Further, our employee benefits lawyers have broad experience with all kinds of employee benefit plans, including retirement plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans and welfare benefits plans.
