Chrissie enjoys helping financial clients actualize projects with a range of strategic financing.
Chrissie assists national, regional and community banks, as well as other lenders and finance companies with negotiating, structuring and documenting secured and unsecured commercial financing transactions. She regularly handles syndicated, asset-based, construction, bridge, mezzanine and permanent loan structures. Chrissie routinely represents lenders on term and revolving line of credit loans to agricultural producers secured by variety of collateral, including real property, crops, equipment, production contracts, intellectual property and personal and corporate guaranties. Additionally, Chrissie advises financial services clients on regulatory compliance, including collateral enforcement matters and consumer protection laws.
Chrissie also has extensive public finance experience, including tax-exempt bond financings for colleges, universities, hospitals, long-term care communities and other higher education and health care institutions. She has served as bond counsel, borrower counsel and underwriter counsel on numerous tax-exempt and taxable revenue bond issuances, including variable rate private placements, complex public offerings and economic development financings.
Working closely with clients, Chrissie reviews client policy and establishes project goals, navigates end-to-end financing options and advises on post-financing securities compliance issues. She strategically guides lending while mitigating risk and reaching optimal terms for all parties on desired timelines. Whether facilitating public or private financings, the collaborative teamwork and shared deal objectives are the most rewarding aspect of this complex legal work for Chrissie.