Chad has a broad range of experience advising institutional clients on secured lending and structured financings, including asset-based and real estate supported credit facilities, equipment financings, rediscounting and foreign currencies transactions, syndicated, senior secured, mezzanine and unsecured financings.  A partner in Troutman Sanders’ Tysons Corner Office, Chad represents national commercial lenders and banks and other public and private financing firms in commercial lending transactions involving public and private corporations, life science and technology companies, real estate investment funds, venture capital funds, and high net worth individuals.  In addition, Chad has had significant experience representing lenders that provide working capital financing to support the sale of U.S. manufacture items guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.  Chad’s experience also includes advising institutional corporate borrower clients with respect to secured and unsecured credit facilities.

Additionally, Chad has represented secured and unsecured creditors in commercial loan workout negotiations, pre-bankruptcy restructurings and foreclosure proceedings, including asset sales under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transaction).

Chad has also worked on aircraft and equipment financings, and leveraged lease financings of big-ticket equipment, with an emphasis on aircraft, for equity and debt participants, including cross-border transactions.

Representative Experience
National bank in a $70,000,000 senior secured revolving line of credit and term loan to support acquisition financing.

National lender in a $20,000,000 senior secured accounts receivable line of credit and inventory loan supported by the Export-Import Bank of the United States working capital guarantee program.

Multi-national company involving a $200,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility.

Senior secured lender in a $4,000,000 growth capital loan facility to a clean-tech company.

National bank in a $15,000,000 senior secured revolving line of credit to a leading specialty pharmaceutical company.

National home builder in a $500,000,000 senior secured syndicated revolving loan credit facility.

Agent bank in a $50,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility and acquisition term loan to a government contracts company.

National bank in a $20,000,000 senior secured acquisition loan to a real estate investment fund.

Restructuring firm in a junior participation involving a $100,000,000 senior secured credit facility to Canadian borrower.

Canadian lender in a $18,000,000 senior secured construction loan to finance a landfill natural gas production facility.

National lender in a $50,000,000 senior unsecured revolving credit facility to a multi-national corporation.

European lender in a €2,000,000 senior secured debt financing to a venture backed life sciences company.

Financial services lender in a $12,000,000 senior secured participated credit facility to a biopharmaceutical company.

National bank in a $1,300,000 senior secured stand-by letter of credit facility to a maintenance provider for wind farms.

National retail corporation involving a $750,000,000 senior secured syndicated revolving credit and term loan facilities.

Technology fund in a $30,000,000 senior secured multi-tranche credit facility to a clinical stage pharmaceutical company.

Private equity firm in a $16,500,000 senior secured note purchase transaction to a telecommunications company.

National lender involving the assignment and restructuring of a portfolio of senior secured credit facilities.

National lender in a $17,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility to a major U.S. law firm.