Banking and Finance

For over a century, Varnum attorneys have served the business community with a full lineup of corporate services and specialties.

Whatever the nature of your company – publicly traded or privately held, multinational or local, corporation or sole proprietorship – our attorneys provide expert guidance. And whatever your business goals and legal needs, we have the skill and experience to help you manage them.

Varnum’s labor and employment practice team offers guidance on designing, drafting and implementing employee benefits, executive compensation and non-compete agreements for employees and prospective hires that are competitive within banking and finance.

Varnum’s litigation attorneys have the experience to provide clients with effective, high-quality, cost-conscious representation. In a high-profile matter where Varnum represented a depository bank in a breach of fiduciary duty claim initiated by the Department of Labor, the District Court dismissed the claim against the bank as a matter of law helping define the standard for fiduciary liability for depository banks.

Financing is a key component for the practice of mergers and acquisitions. Private equity companies seeking assistance with portfolios, or private lenders looking for leverage on acquisitions turn to Varnum for negotiations and transactions.

Varnum provides complete services in connection with the negotiation, documentation, refinancing and closing of commercial and real estate loans. This includes preparing or renewing commitment letters, performing due diligence, handling collateral priority and perfection issues, drafting and negotiating transaction documents and loan terms, and conducting closings.