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Peter R. Herman is a shareholder at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. and co-chair of the firm’s Banking & Financial Services group and the Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights group. For over 30 years, he has represented both lending institutions and business entities in a broad range of commercial finance transactions, including those related to secured and unsecured lending, asset-based lending, letters of credit, tax-exempt financing, syndicated and club transactions, mezzanine financing, participations, construction financing, merger and acquisition financing, sponsor deals, and loan workout restructuring. Mr. Herman’s banking and corporate law practice also includes representing companies in the real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, and service industries with regard to both national and international transactions.

Since 2001, Mr. Herman has been consistently selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Banking and Finance Law and Financial Services Regulation Law, including as Lawyer of the Year in 2020 for Banking and Finance Law. In addition, he has been recognized as a leading finance lawyer by Super Lawyers.

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  • Representation of a national association of fertility clinics as outside counsel in connection with its partial merger with a global medical institution in the field of reproductive endocrinology, forming the world’s largest assisted reproduction group with estimated combined enterprise value of over $1 billion.
  • Representation of a multinational financial institution in connection with a three tranche credit facility aggregating in excess of $150 million for a leading convenience store and gas station chain to fund its working capital needs and its acquisition of new facilities in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere.
  • Representation of a full-service community bank with extensive branch network in preparing and negotiating documentation for a $23 million asset-based revolving loan and a $12.5 million equipment acquisition facility.
  • Representation of a senior living community provider in connection with a tax-exempt and conventional credit facility aggregating in excess of $100 million.

Practices

Education

  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1985
  • B.A., Saint Joseph's University, 1982

Admissions

  • New York, 1986
  • New Jersey, 1986
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1986

Memberships

  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Banking Law Section, Board of Directors
  • Middlesex County Bar Association
  • Garden State Credit Associates
  • Commercial Finance Association
  • Turnaround Management Association
  • Risk Management Association, Northern New Jersey Chapter, President

Recognition

Rankings Disclaimers

Chambers USA® (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/methodology) is published by Chambers and Partners.

Super Lawyers® (http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process_detail.html) is published by Thomson Reuters.

Best Lawyers in America® (https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology) is published by Best Lawyers in partnership with U.S. News & World Report.

Martindale-Hubbell® (https://www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/) is published by Internet Brands, Inc.

The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 (https://www.thenationaltriallawyers.org/ntl-groups/top-40-under-40/) is published by Legal Associations Management, Inc.

Acritas Stars™ Independently rated lawyers (https://www.acritas.com/introducing-acritas-stars) is published by Acritas Research Limited.

A description of the selection processes may be accessed via the above links. The aforementioned organizations are private peer review organizations, not court-specific, public certification vehicles. No aspect of this advertisement has been submitted to or approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

 

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