Riemer & Braunstein is among the largest finance-focused national boutique law firms in the U.S., with offices in Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami and Newport Beach. The firm offers comprehensive representation to domestic and international money center, middle-market and regional banks, finance companies, hedge funds and alternative lenders.
Riemer & Braunstein LLP is a century-old anchor in the commercial finance community, with nearly 100 years of experience and a growing national footprint. As one of the largest finance-focused boutique law firms, it provides representation for creditors across the spectrum of commercial and real estate finance transactions. The firm serves a sophisticated client base, including domestic and international money-center, middle-market and regional banks, as well as finance companies, hedge funds, private debt funds and other alternative lenders.
Being recognized as an Activator in the commercial finance industry reflects the firm’s growth in expertise and sophistication alongside its expanding client base. Lenders across a broad range of markets and at every level of the debt stack rely on Riemer & Braunstein as a go-to resource for implementing their business objectives. The firm is constantly watching evolving industry standards, customs and practices, which affords it the unique ability to contribute both efficiency and state-of-the-market insight to client transactions. The firm has steadily increased integration across its geographic and substantive practice groups to expand the breadth and depth of its services and expertise, ensuring a cohesive national offering.
The firm’s success is rooted in creative problem-solving. For example, in a recent complex private debt transaction, the team developed an alternative structure in which the obligor group formed a new parent Holdco to incur debt, securing it with a pledge of equity and intercompany loans. This creative approach successfully facilitated crucial funding while keeping the obligor group in strict compliance with existing credit documentation.
Moreover, Riemer & Braunstein regularly monitors industry-by-industry developments relevant to borrower operations and assets — from technical service providers to traditional manufacturers — to identify emerging issues for prospective lenders and develop suitable mitigants for clients to evaluate and implement.
What truly differentiates Riemer & Braunstein is its culture. Beyond its technical expertise, the firm fosters an industry “friend group” built on respect for skills and ethics, and an investment in one another’s success. This dynamic makes even the most challenging transactions navigable, resulting in a collegial legal process that reflects fairness, sound judgment and a steady hand for both clients and their customers. Furthermore, the firm’s commercial finance practice features deep collaboration across bankruptcy, debt restructuring and creditors’ rights attorneys, as well as its real estate finance practice group. These collaborations ensure that issues and challenges concerning the enforcement of rights and remedies presented in the courts are thoroughly addressed and continuously updated in the legal drafting from the outset of each transaction.
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