Agricultural and Agri-Business Financing
Chair
Pueppke, Jacqueline
Vice-Chair
Gray, Kevin
Mission Statement
The Agricultural and Agri-Business Financing Subcommittee provides a forum for the discussion of emerging transactional and bankruptcy issues of importance for attorneys working with the agricultural industry.
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Aircraft Financing
Chair
Evans, Richard
Vice-Chair
McElhinney, Maria
Mission Statement
The Aircraft Financing Subcommittee provides a forum for lawyers and other participants in aircraft financing to discuss issues and recent developments in the U.S. and international aviation financing industry. The Subcommittee focuses on current legal issues and practices as well as on emerging trends in aircraft financing techniques and structures.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chair
Zaino, Jeffrey
Vice-Chair
Draa, H. Vincent
Mission Statement
The Alternative Dispute Resolution subcommittee provides information, education and support for the advancement of the use of arbitration and mediation in commercial finance disputes. The subcommittee works in cooperation with other ABA committees and subcommittees in advancing its agenda and cooperates with banking institutions and other commercial lenders and trade associations such as the Loan Syndication Trade Association, American Arbitration Association, Commercial Finance Association, American Bankers Association, Equipment Leasing Association and other organizations engaged in commercial finance.
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Asset Based Lending
Chair
R. Marshall Grodner
Vice Chair
Linda Filardi
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Creditors' Rights
Chair
Doolittle, Jonathan
Vice-Chair
Shaver, Andrew
Mission Statement
The Creditors' Rights Subcommittee provides a forum for discussion and presentation of cutting-edge legal issues of importance to creditors. We select and present issues that are relevant to transactional, workout and bankruptcy lawyers. We have an informal liaison with, and meet jointly with, the Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee of the Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation, and thus we also cover topics of interest to all constituencies in a Chapter 11 reorganization or liquidation.
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Emerging Europe Private Equity & Venture Capital
Chair
Cardenas, Jonathan
Mission Statement
The mission of the Emerging Europe Private Equity & Venture Capital Taskforce is to provide a forum for discussion of current legal developments and market practices surrounding international private equity and venture capital investment in the Emerging Europe region, broadly defined. The Taskforce will facilitate discussions surrounding fund formation, fund finance, equity financing transactions and exit transactions.
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Energy Business
Chair
Cardenas, Jonathan
Vice-Chair
Wolfe, Savannah
Sayles, Sara
Mission Statement
The Energy Business Subcommittee provides a forum for discussion of legal and market trends that surround energy industry transactions, including domestic and international debt financing transactions, private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other investment transactions. The Energy Business Subcommittee will also address governance and other legal issues that affect energy businesses and energy-focused funds, including those active in oil and gas, liquified natural gas, renewable energy, energy transition, climate and ocean finance, climate tech and other energy domains.
Filing Office Operations and Search Logic
Chairs
Pierce, Darrell
Hodnefield, Paul
Financial Services Technology
Chair
Adlerstein, David
Vice-Chair
Weiner, Jed
Mission Statement
The Financial Services Technology (“FinTech”) Subcommittee provides a forum for commercial finance, private equity and venture capital attorneys to exchange views on emerging financial technologies and their implications for corporate and financial transactions.
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Fund Finance
Chair
Carson, Elizabeth
Vice-Chair
Go, Flora
Mission Statement
The Fund Finance Subcommittee (i) provides a forum for discussion of current legal developments of fund finance transactions, including subscription lending, Net Asset Value Lending, Collateralized Fund Obligations, fund of fund transactions, and other structured transactions for funds, (ii) coordinates with other ABA subcommittees and taskforces dealing with related areas of the law and shaping legislation, such as secured lending, international transactions, work outs, syndicated lending, legal opinions and the UCC. Subcommittee members come from diverse backgrounds, and include in-house and outside counsel for financial institutions, registered and nonregistered funds, limited partners and general partners. This Subcommittee facilitates discussion of current law, legislative developments, market practices and documentation relating to fund transactions. These discussions often involve the interplay of U.S. and foreign law in international commercial and fund finance, including offshore transactions. The subcommittee seeks to provide practical knowledge and guidance to finance lawyers from a variety of jurisdictions and affords its members opportunities to work together with lawyers from diverse legal systems.
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Intellectual Property Financing
Chair
Guida, Patrick (Buzz)
Vice-Chair
Hatzikiriakos, Kiriakoula
Mission Statement
The Intellectual Property Financing Subcommittee (i) provides a forum for discussion of current legal developments and other aspects of financial transactions secured by intellectual property and "cyber" assets, and (ii) coordinates with other ABA subcommittees and taskforces dealing with related areas of the law and shaping legislation. Subcommittee members come from diverse backgrounds, and include in-house and outside counsel for developers, licensors, licensees and financers of intellectual property.
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International Finance
Chairs
Armendariz, Luis
Smit, Boudewijn
Vice-Chair
Von Schilfgaarde, Elizabeth
Mission Statement
The International Finance Subcommittee facilitates discussion of current law, legislative developments, market practices and documentation relating to international finance transactions. These discussions often involve the interplay of U.S. and foreign law in international commercial finance. The subcommittee seeks to provide practical knowledge and guidance to finance lawyers from a variety of jurisdictions and affords its members opportunities to work together with lawyers from diverse legal systems.
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Legal Opinions in Commercial Finance
Chair
Desmarais, Kimberly
Mission Statement
The Legal Opinions in Commercial Finance Subcommittee provides cutting-edge, practical knowledge to opinion givers and recipients regarding legal (primarily closing) opinions issued in commercial finance transactions, secured or unsecured, including both personal property and real estate secured transactions, as well as a forum for the discussion of current developments and market practice relating to such legal opinions.
Lender Liability
Chair
Raulston, Jonathan
Vice-Chair
Dalila J. Berry
Mission Statement
The Lender Liability Subcommittee provides a forum for discussion of commercial litigation in which financial institutions are defendants. As part of the Commercial Finance Committee, the Subcommittee emphasizes the needs of transactional, workout and bankruptcy lawyers, and also coordinates with the litigator-oriented Financial Institution Litigation Subcommittee of the Section's Business and Corporate Litigation Committee.
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Loan Documentation
Chair
Rissmiller, Jessica
Vice-Chair
Richard, Kristi
Mission Statement
The Loan Documentation Subcommittee provides a forum for discussion of legal issues related to structuring, drafting and negotiating loan documentation, including credit and loan agreements, commitment and fee letters, guarantees and security documents and other related ancillary documentation that may be required as a condition precedent to loan closing. Documentation is considered in a variety of financing arrangements, including bilateral, club and syndicated loans, unitranche loans, asset-based loans, cashflow loans, acquisition financings, debtor-in-possession loans and senior and subordinated loans. The Subcommittee welcomes discussion on the many documents entered into in these contexts.
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