The attorneys at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP that handle strategic alliance and joint venture arrangements understand that high-performing businesses regard strategic alliances/joint ventures as providing a critical means to achieve key business objectives and ultimately drive revenue growth. Business goals underlying typical alliance agreements and joint ventures include the following: Facilitating access by one or more of the parties to key technology Developing an alternative to internal research and development (R&D) efforts Furthering the development of new distribution channels Leveraging the marketing or branding resources of one or more of the parties Paving the way for an equity investment… Read more

SGR’s Structured Finance Practice has extensive experience in representing clients in complex and innovative structured finance transactions. Our experience includes representing the sponsors, issuers, account debtors and investors in a broad array of financial asset-backed securitizations and other hybrid client-centric asset monetization structures and involving, among other asset classes, consumer loans, commercial and residential secured mortgage loans, credit card accounts and receivables, equipment leases, accounts receivable, contract rights and life insurance policies. Recent representations include advising a non-bank, commercial lender in its securitization of a pool of $70 million in commercial loan interests in a dual-class, investment-grade rated placement of… Read more