Graydon Head has great breadth and depth of experience representing local, regional and national financial institutions in all aspects of the banking and financial services industry.  From documenting basic commercial loans to negotiating complex financings, from defending lender liability claims to litigating sophisticated bankruptcy matters, and from mergers and acquisitions to complex bank regulatory work, our experience in this competitive and highly-regulated industry has helped our clients attain their goals.

Through our industry group approach to client service, we have drawn together our attorneys' wide range of experience in the banking and financial services industry for the benefit of our financial services clients.  This industry group approach allows us to work together to provide a coordinated approach to servicing all the legal needs of our financial clients.

We are experienced in all aspects of a financial service client’s life cycle:  formation, growth, stabilization and maturation.  Our team approach pairs the attorney with experience in the appropriate phase of the life cycle with the client at the appropriate time resulting in the maximum benefit to our client.

We have extensive experience in creating complete libraries of financing documents for lenders with offices in multiple states.

We also have experience in letter of credit-enhanced taxable and tax exempt financing transactions.  Over the course of many years and literally thousands of such transactions, we have represented:  borrowers, lenders, underwriters and trustees in such transactions.  We have extensive experience in pooled loan transactions.

Our bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorneys have created one of the premier creditors’ rights practices in the Midwest.  We pride ourselves on working with clients in workouts, restructurings, collections, bankruptcies and litigation matters and fashioning unique and cost-effective solutions for our clients.

We believe our experience in mergers and acquisition transactions is at a preeminent level.  In the last several years we have represented clients in over 200 M&A transactions, including many bank holding company acquisitions for a super regional bank holding company client.

Within the Banking and Financial Services Industry Group, Graydon Head attorneys have experience in a number of service areas to meet the specific needs of its financial clients.

These Service Areas include the following: