Patrick is an experienced legal counselor who accomplishes business goals by providing transactional representation to diverse institutional clients. ● Has counseled foreign and domestic investors and borrowers in large-scale project and equipment financings for a broad spectrum of clients including airlines, railroads, and finance entities (aircraft and aircraft engines, rolling stock, shipping containers, and motor vehicles).● Has participated in investigations of employee misconduct and managed document review issues, including foreign language documents, in both regulatory and litigation contexts.● Has guided financial institutions as author/editor of a monthly compliance report covering the latest federal and multistate legal developments in consumer automotive finance, including the BSA (AML/KYC), ECOA, FCRA, FDCPA, GLBA, SCRA, TILA and related regulations, FTC Rules, and state UDAP law compliance.● Has advised banks, captive and independent finance companies in the development and support of a variety of lending platforms. ● Published in the American Bar Association Business Lawyer. Patrick is also fluent in German and spent several years in a pre-legal career in which he successfully assisted a variety of investors in Germany’s New Federal States following reunification. He is past recipient of a Fulbright fellowship in the Federal Republic of Germany.Patrick has experience in the following areas:Aircraft FinanceAutomotive Finance and LeasingBank SecrecyComplianceContract Negotiation, Drafting and ReviewCorporate Finance Due DiligenceEquipment Finance and LeasingInvestigationsLender LicensingLeveraged LeasingPower/ Energy SectorPrivacyRail FinanceSecured FinanceStructured FinanceTransactional CounselAttorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Listed skills include Structured Finance, Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Contract Negotiation, and 12 others.