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Posted: April 21, 2017
Robinson+Cole Finance Group hires Ray as associate
Boston, MA Robinson+Cole’s Finance Group has hired Matthew Ray as an associate. Ray’s practice focuses primarily on middle market commercial and industrial (C&I) and real estate financing transactions.
He advises banks, private lenders, and corporate borrowers in the negotiation and closing of acquisition and term loans, construction financing, working capital lines of credit, and mezzanine financing facilities. Additionally, Ray’s practice includes handling general real estate transactions such as acquisitions and dispositions and commercial lease agreements.
“Matt is a welcome addition to the team,” said Norman Roos, chair of Robinson+Cole’s Finance Group. “His commercial financing experience will bolster our transactional capabilities, enhancing our ability to support clients’ needs as we continue to expand in the Boston market.”
Ray represents lenders ranging from small regional banks to large national lending institutions as well as private financing companies. Additionally, he advises both agents and lenders in connection with participations and syndicated club deals. His C&I lending experience includes general commercial, industrial, and seafood-related credit facilities while his real estate lending experience encompasses acquisitions and refinancings of shopping plazas, hotels, office buildings, marinas, and general mixed-use properties. Mr. Ray is also experienced in representing lenders in connection with workouts and foreclosures of nonperforming credit facilities.
Robinson+Cole is a service mark of Robinson & Cole LLP, an Am Law 200 firm with more than 200 lawyers in nine offices serving regional, national, and international clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. For more information, please visit www.rc.com.
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