Pete is a Partner in the Corporate Department and resident in the firm’s New York office, where he focuses on a variety of finance transactions and out-of-court financial restructuring and loan workouts.
Pete brings over 20 years of experience in secured lending, commercial finance, commodities finance, financial restructuring and bankruptcy law. Before joining Wiggin and Dana, Pete represented various banks and other financial institutions in negotiating and preparing loan documentation relating to syndicated and bilateral borrowing base transactions, trade and commodity finance, asset-based finance, acquisition finance and accounts receivable finance facilities.
Pete regularly provides legal services in all areas of creditors’ rights in connection with out-of-court financial restructurings and loan workouts, including: the review of existing loan facility documentation; the preparation, negotiation and consummation of forbearance agreements and other financial restructuring documentation; security interest perfection analysis and amelioration; the identification and addressing of general insolvency issues; and general strategic planning. Pete regularly assists U.S. and foreign bank and other financial institution clients in structuring and documenting domestic and cross-border, out-of-court financial restructurings and loan workouts.
Pete has extensive experience counseling clients on an array of legal and financial issues. These include counsel regarding initial loan facility structuring at the term sheet stage and review and comment on syndicated loan documentation for participating lenders.
Pete earned his J.D. from St. John’s University, School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Maryland. He also received his LL.M. in bankruptcy law from St. John’s University, School of Law. Pete’s work has been included in debtor/creditor law and asset securitization publications, such as Debtor-Creditor Law, “Chapter 41 – Asset Securitization” and the article “Asset Securitization: A Discussion of the Traditional Bankruptcy Attacks and an Analysis of the Next Potential Attack, Substantive Consolidation,” in the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review.
Education
- St. John's University School of Law (J.D.)
- American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
- St. John's University School of Law (LL.M.)
- Bankrupcy Law
- University of Maryland (B.S.)
Bar Admissions
- New York
- California
