People: Christopher Carolan, Partner
Biography
Christopher J. Carolan is a partner in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate department.
Mr. Carolan practices in the areas of leveraged finance, corporate transactions, real estate, workouts, and restructuring. He has represented senior and subordinate lenders, agents, and borrowers in a variety of large and middle market syndicated and bilateral loans and letters of credit transactions, both in the United States and internationally. These transactions frequently involve complex intercreditor relationships, asset backed loans, and a diverse array of collateral including inventory, accounts receivable, real estate, intellectual property rights, equity interests, and other interests located both inside and outside the United States. Mr. Carolan has particular experience in the financing of retailers, early stage entities, hedge funds, clean energy manufacturers and installers, and real estate. On the restructuring side, he has represented administrative agents and lenders in several complex out-of-court and in-court proceedings, providing advice on the restructuring of distressed credits, the provision of debtor-in possession financing, exit financing, liquidation, reorganization, and the general exercise of rights and remedies.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Carolan was an associate general counsel to BNP Paribas in New York. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign.
Christopher J. Carolan is a partner in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate department.
Mr. Carolan practices in the areas of leveraged finance, corporate transactions, real estate, workouts, and restructuring. He has represented senior and subordinate lenders, agents, and borrowers in a variety of large and middle market syndicated and bilateral loans and letters of credit transactions, both in the United States and internationally. These transactions frequently involve complex intercreditor relationships, asset backed loans, and a diverse array of collateral including inventory, accounts receivable, real estate, intellectual property rights, equity interests, and other interests located both inside and outside the United States. Mr. Carolan has particular experience in the financing of retailers, early stage entities, hedge funds, clean energy manufacturers and installers, and real estate. On the restructuring side, he has represented administrative agents and lenders in several complex out-of-court and in-court proceedings, providing advice on the restructuring of distressed credits, the provision of debtor-in possession financing, exit financing, liquidation, reorganization, and the general exercise of rights and remedies.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Carolan was an associate general counsel to BNP Paribas in New York. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign.
Education
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B.A., Fordham University (1995)
magna cum laude in cursu honorum - M.A., Fordham University (1997)
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J.D., New York University School of Law (2000)
Notes Development Editor, New York University Law Review
Admissions
- New York
