With strengths in the lending space, the financial services practice at Moore & Van Allen, PLLC is well regarded for its assistance to clients with syndicated lending transactions, as well as leveraged syndicated lending transactions. The team has experience handling a vast range of transactional structures for several large financial institutions, as well as club and bilateral loan facilities for private credit funds and other non-bank lenders. The Charlotte-based practice is jointly led by Wayne McKinzie and Tripp Monroe who are both highly regarded in the lending space. Meredith Reedy is also a key member of the team with strengths in acquisition financing and real estate financing, alongside Andrew Price who is a key name for his work representing banks and other financial institutions. An additional notable mention is Ryan Smith, who is active in non-bank lending.  

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Key clients

  • Bank of America, N.A./BofA Securities, Inc.
  • Wells Fargo Bank, National Association/Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
  • Truist Bank (formed by the combination of SunTrust and BB&T)
  • Regions Bank
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank/J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  • CoBank, ACB
  • KeyBank N.A.
  • PNC Bank, National Association
  • U.S. Bank, National Association

Work highlights

  • Represented CoBank, ACB, as administrative agent and left-side lead arranger, in connection with the Farm Credit System portion of the financing for the $2.7 bn “take private” acquisition of Quebec-based Resolute Forest Products Inc. by Domtar Corporation.
  • Acted as lender’s counsel to CoBank for the $900m financing of waste disposal facilities run by Sonoco Products Company.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Wayne McKinzie, Tripp Monroe