Roger S. Chari has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s Bank Finance and Lending practice area team. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Manhattan office.
Chari’s practice focuses on a wide variety of secured lending and other finance transactions, primarily for lenders and underwriters, but also for borrowers and issuers. He structures, negotiates and closes secured finance transactions for a wide range of U.S., Canadian and European lending clients both in and out of bankruptcy. Chari’s practice also encompasses swaps and derivatives for financial institutions, primarily on interest rate transactions, but also for currency, commodity and deal contingent transactions.
Additionally, he has experience in all aspects of collateral for syndicated bank finance and underwritten bond deals, including inventory and receivables, equipment, intellectual property, cash and securities accounts, real estate, aircraft, rail cars, ships, precious metals, insurance policies and other specialized collateral.
Most recently, he was a partner at Hahn & Hessen LLP, New York. Previously, Chari was an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, and Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP.
Chari is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D.) and Rutgers University – Newark College of Arts and Sciences (B.A.). He is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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