| Biography:
Vincenzo Paparo is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-chair of the Finance Group, concentrating in the areas of commercial lending, corporate finance, workouts and restructuring. Mr. Paparo represents finance companies, investment and commercial banks, as well as institutional, high yield and distressed debt investors. He also represents equity sponsors and corporate borrowers in connection with senior lending facilities and subordinated bridge loans.
Mr. Paparo regularly advises domestic and foreign commercial banks, and other financial institutions and corporations, in a broad range of financial transactions. He concentrates on bank finance, with an emphasis on senior secured credit including leveraged finance transactions, acquisitions and junior capital facilities. Mr. Paparo has an extensive background in traditional asset-based financings, secured and unsecured syndicated bank financings, warehouse loans, letters of credit, and specialty financings. He also advises clients regarding Revised Article 9 issues and recent developments pertaining to junior capital lending.
In addition, Mr. Paparo has extensive experience on a variety of major bankruptcy and creditors' rights transactions representing senior secured lenders, DIP and exit facility lenders, strategic lenders, and distressed debt funds. He plays a leading role in developing and implementing solutions for complicated and unique problems that often arise in multicreditor cases. Mr. Paparo also has represented potential acquirers of assets of companies in Chapter 11, both under Section 363 and pursuant to plans of reorganization, as well as pursuant to Article 9. Mr. Paparo's restructuring experience is extensive in several industries - construction industry, real estate, automotive, health care, manufacturing, and retail.
Mr. Paparo is a member of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, as well as a member of its board of governors; a vice chair of New York's Annual Financial Industries dinner; a member of the Commercial Finance Association; and a member of the Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Paparo is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New Jersey Bar Association. He is the chairman and trustee of the New York Rowing Association, a not-for-profit corporation.
Mr. Paparo started his career in commercial banking and held several positions including Vice President Commercial Finance and later as Assistant General Counsel at FleetBoston. While a commercial banker, Mr. Paparo completed an intensive, one-year-credit training program which focused on corporate finance theory and capital markets and products, as well as credit training, accounting and financial statement analysis. He was also a partner in another major law firm in New York City. Mr. Paparo earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, his M.A. from New York University, and his B.A. from Fordham University.
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