Practice Areas
Education
- B.S., Vanderbilt University, 1996
- J.D., Vanderbilt University, 2001
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 2001
Justin M. Riess
Justin Riess focuses his practice on finance with an emphasis in asset-based, acquisition and working capital financing. He devotes his practice principally to the representation of banks and commercial finance companies in such transactional matters.
He has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of secured and unsecured credit facilities for acquisitions and working capital purposes with both domestic and foreign borrowers. Before attending law school, Mr. Riess worked for a division of Raymond James Financial concentrating in private asset management.
Recent Representative Transactions:
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $400 million multicurrency secured working capital credit facility.
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $85 million asset based secured credit facility and $90 million synthetic letter of credit and term loan secured credit facility.
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $2.3 billion unsecured senior credit facility and $500 million capital markets unsecured credit facility.
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $1.4 billion working capital unsecured credit facility.
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $135 million second lien secured credit facility.
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $390 million unsecured working capital credit facility.
- Representation of lead arranger and agent bank in $120 million secured working capital credit facility.
Of Note
- Member, Nevins Inc, Board of Directors
- Former member, Moore & Van Allen recruiting committee
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association