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Martin LLP is pleased to announce that Ruth Karfiol Glazer has joined the firm’s corporate practice group. Ruth represents clients on matters relating to middle-market companies and their owners and investors. She counsels companies on formation, venture capital and other equity and debt financing transactions,...

Martin LLP advises a national banking institution as agent and lender in the funding of a ~$20M senior secured term loan credit facility under the Main Street Lending Program, proceeds to refinance existing debt and fund working capital at a global provider of emotional intelligence tests, training, and...

Announcement  Martin LLP is pleased to announce that we have advised a national banking institution as agent and lender in the closing of a $3.5M senior secured credit facility under the Main Street Lending Program, proceeds to refinance existing debt and fund working capital at...

Preparing for Potential Defaults under a Corporate Loan Agreement As the coronavirus pandemic continues to depress large swaths of the economy, many businesses continue to experience significant revenue shortfall, and in some instances cash flow has ceased entirely. Unfortunately, for corporate borrowers, this raises the...

The Lifecycle of an Opportunity Zone Investment: A Six-Part Series Part 6 Exiting an Opportunity Zone Investment As you are surely aware if you’ve read Parts 1-5 of this Series, each and every aspect of the opportunity zone investment process is both complex and, at...

Drawing Down on Existing Lines of Credit. In a recent post, we examined the pandemic’s effect on corporate loan agreements and identified some key issues that borrowers should consider. In this post, we examine one of these key issues in greater detail, namely drawing down...

Part 5 - Structuring an Opportunity Zone Compliant Investment Once your qualified opportunity fund has been seeded with eligible capital gains, the focus turns to the investment phase. As noted earlier in this series, the “do’s and don’ts” of effectuating an opportunity zone compliant investment...

On May 15, 2020 Collaberex hosted a webinar addressing common questions about loan forgiveness under the Payroll Protection Program (PPP). Signed into law on March 27th, under the CARES Act, the program offers forgivable loans of up to $10 million each to qualified small businesses...