Securities and Financing Transactions
The firm has a long history of representing financial institutions, including Fifth Third Bank which has grown to become one of the largest banks in the United States. We have represented these lenders in a variety of financing transactions for a multitude of purposes ranging from term and revolving loans for basic business needs such as working capital, real estate development, factoring of accounts receivable and acquisition financing, to more complex specialized financing transactions including letter of credit-enhanced taxable and tax-exempt financings. We continue to assist one of our financial clients on an ongoing basis in creating its entire library of computer generated financing documents that are used enterprise-wide by its loan officers and legal counsel throughout that institution’s geographical footprint. GH&R also represents venture capital firms and angel investors in providing capital to growing businesses, transactions which often involve state of the art financing techniques.
Our knowledge and experience in representing lenders and other sources of capital has also enhanced our experience in advising entities seeking both traditional and alternative financing. GH&R has represented numerous borrowers in negotiating and successfully completing financing transactions from banks, insurance companies, venture capital and mezzanine investors and in raising capital and obtaining debt financing in both the private and public markets. We have represented issuers of debt securities in Rule 144A offerings and of convertible high yield debt securities in the public market.
The firm has substantial experience in a wide variety of financing transactions. We have eight partners in our business and finance practice group who are very experienced and knowledgeable in financing transactions, providing us with the ability to work simultaneously on a number of complex financings with each transaction being headed with “first chair” knowledge.
Our lawyers have represented both lenders and borrowers in transactions involving numerous jurisdictions. We have represented lenders in providing credit facilities to borrowers located in many different states and to borrowers with operations all over the United States. Similarly, we have represented borrowers in obtaining financing from sources located throughout the United States, including major money centers such as New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
In working for public company clients, we have gained substantial experience in representing both large and small public companies in initial and secondary public offerings, in shelf registration statements, in mergers and acquisitions using their securities as acquisition currency and in the various planning and disclosure considerations relating to such major transactions and ongoing strategic issues. We also routinely advise our public company clients on periodic reporting obligations, public disclosure requirements when unexpected events occur, and securities issues relating to various incentive plans. In addition, our securities lawyers have played an integral role in assisting, implementing and advising our public company clients on Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and related corporate governance initiatives.
Although the dollar size of a transaction is not necessarily indicative of the complexity of the matter nor of its importance to our clients, we do take much pride in the fact that our clients have placed their trust in our legal advice in raising over $2 billion in the public markets and in issuing over $10 billion of their registered securities in strategic acquisitions.
Representative clients include:
- Aluchem, Inc.
- Cincinnati Bell
- Escalade, Inc.
- Fifth Third Bancorp
- Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
- LanVision Systems, Inc.
- National City Bank
- Regent Communications
- River Cities Capital Fund