Hoyoon Nam > Vedder Price > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

With ‘a wealth of knowledge in the area of ship finance’, Vedder Price‘s global transportation finance practice has enviable credentials in finance transactions. Such deals involve intermodal containers, chassis, barges, terminal facilities, bridge training simulators, ferries, and offshore construction and oil exploration vessels, as well as vessels involved in the transportation of cargo and passengers. The group’s expertise covers a range of maritime and offshore finance deals, including securitizations, syndicated and bilateral loans, export-credit facilities, debt capital markets, sale-leaseback transactions, leases, and bareboat charters. Experienced in cross-border marine finance structures, John Bradley represents lenders, investors, borrowers, ship owners, container lessors and marine terminal operators in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and documentation of vessels, containers and terminal facilities; and John Imhof Jr and John Geager ‘have a keen understanding of the maritime industry and maritime finance’. Also key to the department, Anthony Renzi in  Washington DC routinely acts for shipping, energy and offshore services sector clients, while Chicago’s Geoffrey Kass is the firm’s global transportation finance chair. The firm expanded its offering in January 2024 with the arrival of asset finance expert Hoyoon Nam from Seward & Kissel LLP. All attorneys named are based in the New York office unless otherwise stated.