Lawrence F. Flick II

CHAIR, FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY GROUP Larry Flick’s national reputation as a leading corporate and finance attorney involves more than 30 years of serving as primary national counsel to both international and national financial institutions and private equity funds on the following:

• Asset-based financing and leveraged cash flow lending, including unitranche and second lien financings
• Workouts and restructurings
• Securitizations and structured finance
• Leveraged lease transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions

As chair of the firm’s Financial Services Industry group, Larry has led his team on many successful deals, recently serving as agent’s legal counsel on more than 200 credit facilities involving commitments exceeding five billion dollars, including many cross-border transactions. His leadership on the RadioShack Rescue Financing transaction, where his team represented a group of multi-strategy investment funds as “first-out” lenders in RadioShack’s $585 million refinancing as well as its $285 million DIP financing resulted in Larry being named the Deal Maker of the Year by Finance Monthly. He recently advised the revolving agent in a $550 million syndicated revolving credit facility for iHeart Communications, a leading media and entertainment company. Chambers USA, a globally recognized law firm ranking publication, has consistently ranked Larry as a leader in the area of banking and finance law, since its first publication in 2003. Chambers USA has sourced strong client feedback, including that Larry, “is probably the best transaction-oriented, businessperson’s attorney that I know,” and he “gets in and finishes the deal.” Other Chambers sources noted that “Lawrence Flick is a business adviser who provides effective strategy”; “he is a rock star in the ABL field and an incredibly skilled lawyer”; “he's thoughtful, a great problem-solver and someone who can align differing opinions”; and “he's very well-known and respected.”