Education
    J.D., Rutgers School of Law - Camden, 1982
    M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1974
    B.A., Economics and English, University of Pittsburgh, 1973
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    Jeffrey M. Rosenthal

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    rosenthalj@gtlaw.com
    Direct: 973.360.7930
    Direct Fax: 973.301.8410

    New Jersey
    200 Park Avenue
    P.O. Box 677
    Florham Park, NJ 07932
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    An attorney for more than 25 years and a Certified Public Accountant for six years, Jeffrey Rosenthal is uniquely qualified to advise clients in the negotiation and documentation of sophisticated loan transactions and workouts of existing loans. Jeffrey's clients have included major commercial banks and many finance companies active in the commercial finance industry in New Jersey and New York. He has represented buyers of distressed debt in a number of transactions with the successful results of the buyer taking control of and turning around the borrower.
     
    Areas of Concentration
    • Financial services
    • Workouts
    • Bankruptcy
    • Corporate
     
    Significant Representations
    • Represented the asset based lending arm of a national bank in the acquisition of a $340 million, 40-loan portfolio.
    • Represented a national bank in a $30 million revolving loan to a Michigan-based company that acquires consumer notes.
    • Represented a commercial bank in a $40 million asset-based loan to an importer of houseware and home decor products.
    • Represented the asset based lending arm of a national bank in a $4 million loan to a New York-based printing company to acquire the assets of another printing company.
    • Represented the asset based lending arm of a national bank in a $21 million loan to a Pennsylvania-based medical equipment rental company.
    • Represented a hedge fund in a $75 million syndicated loan to an insurance company.
    • Represented the asset based lending arm of a national bank in a $12 million loan to a New York-based manufacturer of materials handling and food service equipment to finance the acquisition of another materials handling equipment company.
    • Represented a specialty finance bank and its affiliate in a $15 million loan to a taxi company to finance the acquisition of vehicles and Chicago taxi medallions.
    • Represented a commercial bank in a $7.5 million loan to an accounts receivable financing company.
    • Represented a hedge fund in multiple loan transactions aggregating $115 million to a manufacturing company.
     
    Professional & Community Involvement
    • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
    • Member, Board of Directors, New Jersey State Bar Association, Banking Law Section
      • Past Chairman, Financial Transactions Committee
    • Member, Founders Board, Commercial Financial Association Education Foundation
    • Member, Board, New York Institute of Credit
    • Past Program Chair, Commercial Finance Committee of the ABA Business Law Section
    • Past President, Mercer County Estate Planning Council
    • Member, Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
    • Past Vice President, Jewish Community Centers of the Delaware Valley
    • Past President, Jewish Family Services
    • Past President, American Heart Association
     
    Awards & Recognition
    • Regent and Member, American College of Commercial Financial Attorneys
    • Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007 - 2010
    • Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, 2007 - 2009
     
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    Military Experience
     
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    Articles, Publications, & Lectures

    Articles

    • Co-Author, "So Long GAAP, Hello IFRS (International Financial Reporting System)," Practical U.S. International Tax Strategies (January, 2008)
    • Panelist for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Commercial Finance Association and other organizations
    • Speaker and moderator for the Banking Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s annual meeting presentations
     
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