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        BANKING, FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Throughout   the   past   three   decades,   The   Souffront   Group   has   represented   money-center
banks,  commercial banks,  foreign   banking   institutions,   investment   banks,  savings   and   loan
associations,   mortgage   banks,    insurance   companies,    venture    capital   and   private  equity  
firms   and   other  depository   and  non-depository  financial  institutions  in  various  sectors  of  the  
financial   services  industry.   The   Group’s  extensive   experience   in  handling  a  wide  variety  of  
banking  and financial matters includes:

Structured and Project Finance

Representation   of   borrowers,   sponsors,  lenders,  multilateral  lending agencies, institutional and
and  private equity  investors,  equipment  manufacturers and other participants and  stakeholders in
structured and project  finance  transactions,  whether  on a non-recourse, limited recourse, recourse
or off-credit basis. Services include the structuring, negotiation and documentation of:

  • Private placements, public offerings and IPO’s

  • Bridge, mini-perm and long-term debt structured and project financings

  • Leveraged and synthetic leases of equipment, generation plants and other facilities

  • Industrial development revenue bonds

  • Public offerings of taxable and tax-exempt debt

  • Securitization

Commercial Finance, Participations and Syndications

Representation   in   the   structuring,   negotiation   and   documentation  of  numerous  secured  and
unsecured   commercial   loans   on   behalf  of  lenders,  as  well  as  borrowers,  in  connection  with
syndicated  loans   throughout   the  world  often  including  a  broad   variety  of  credit  facilities  and
multicurrency  tranches  or  multiple  choice interest  rates, such as fixed  and  floating  rates whether
based on prime or base rate, Libor or other indices.

Letters of Credit and Bankers’ Acceptances

Representation  of  lenders  in  the  issuance  and  discount of  both commercial and stand-by letters
of  credit  in  connection with either import, export or pre-export financings or for credit enhancement
purposes or other trade-related and commercial paper refinancings.

Asset-Based and Structured Finance

Representation of borrowers, banks and other financial institutions in structured financings including
off-balance sheet, off-credit, asset-based and asset-backed securitization transactions.


Banking Regulatory Compliance

Counsel   and   advice  to  numerous  domestic  and  international  commercial  banks,  savings  and
loan  associations  and other depository and non-depository financial institutions on compliance with
federal,  state  and  foreign  banking  laws  and  regulations,  including  the  whole  range of laws and
regulations  on  the  establishment,  safety  and  soundness, operations and activities of commercial
banks, savings and loan associations, and federal and state branches, agencies and representative
offices in the U.S. and abroad.

Workouts, Restructurings and Foreclosures

Representation of banks and borrowers dealing with troubled loans and projects including workouts,
restructurings,   realization   of   collateral,   creditor   arrangements  and   receiverships  of  financial
institutions in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.