Legacy Corporate Lending, an independent asset-based lending (ABL) company focused on serving the needs of middle market companies across North America, appointed Jeffrey Seiden as executive vice president, portfolio and underwriting. Seiden will work closely with Legacy’s originations team and will be responsible for conducting the underwriting process and structuring and closing new transactions.
Seiden brings to Legacy more than three decades of deep ABL and commercial financial experience, with an emphasis on underwriting, portfolio management and business development. Most recently, he was national underwriting manager at Fifth Third Bank. Previously, Seiden spent over a decade at MB Financial and its predecessor, Cole Taylor Bank. Additionally, he has held senior positions at LaSalle Bank and CIT Group.
“We are excited to have an accomplished executive of Jeff’s caliber join our leadership team,” Paul Martin, chief investment officer of Legacy, said. “We look forward to leveraging his deep expertise in evaluating and structuring transactions as we continue building out of a diversified ABL platform focused on providing our clients with flexible, innovative funding solutions that meet their evolving business needs.”
