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Joel F. Brown

Principal

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Experience

  • Represent Agent and lead Lender in a $250 million-plus senior debt facility to support the acquisition and growth of a national provider of roofing services.
  • Represent Agent and lead Lender in a $225 million-plus senior debt facility to support the acquisition and growth of a national advertising and public relations business.
  • Represent Agent and lead Lender in a $100 million-plus senior debt facility to support the acquisition of a food product manufacturer and distributor.
  • Represent Agent and lead Lender in a $80 million-plus senior debt facility to support the acquisition and growth of a national automobile service business.
  • Represent Agent and lead Lender in a $50 million-plus senior debt facility to support the acquisition of an architectural building products manufacturer.
  • Represent noteholders in a $27 million-plus unsecured note purchase facility to support the acquisition of a leading provider of medical continuing education services.
  • Represent Agent and lead Lender in a $25 million-plus senior debt facility to support the acquisition and combination of two home healthcare businesses.

Credentials

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 1992
  • Wesleyan University, B.A., Government, 1989

    – Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Publications

  • “Security Interests and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code,” the Banking and Finance module of the “Lexis Practice Advisor®,” 2014.
  • “Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Goods Held By Third-Party Bailees,” The Banking Law Journal, February 2002 Edition.
  • “Capital Call Agreements As Credit Enhancements,” co-authored with Goldberg Kohn attorney Randall L. Klein, The Secured Lender, July/August 2002 issue.
  • “Intercreditor Negotiations and the Term B Lender: A Framework for Analysis,” co-author, The Secured Lender, July/August 2004 issue.
  • “Deconstructing DACA: An Analysis of the Model Deposit Account Control Agreement,” Commercial Lending Review, September/October 2006 issue.

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