Stephen J. Patterson

Partner Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210 617.439.2827 Fax: 617.310.9827 spatterson@nutter.com spatterson@nutter.com V-card

EDUCATION

• Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude
• Colgate University, B.A., cum laude

ACCOLADES

• Chambers and Partners, Leading U.S. Banking & Finance Attorney, 2008-2010

ADMISSIONS

• Massachusetts
• Michigan

ARTICLES & EVENTS

• “The Impact of Bundling on Equipment Lease Syndications from the Purchaser’s Perspective” named Article of the Year by the Journal of Equipment Lease Financing
  
• Philip Rosenblatt, Stephen Patterson and Richard Rosenstein publish “The Impact of Bundling on Equipment Lease Syndications from the Purchaser's Perspective”
  

Stephen Patterson is a partner in the Business Department. His practice focuses on commercial finance. Stephen represents major financial institutions and companies in complex, multi-party financings, agented credit facilities and capital formation transactions, with a significant emphasis on equipment lease syndication and origination transactions, asset-based/commercial lending and tax credit and mortgage warehouse facilities. 

Steve’s representative transactions include:

• Representation of purchasers in over 250 equipment lease syndication transactions for a wide range of assets from technology to industrial to transportation equipment
• Representation of a number of the largest banks in the country providing warehouse facilities to several of the largest affordable housing syndicators in the United States; aggregate commitments under these facilities exceed $500 million
• Representation of a number of the largest banks in the country in connection with affordable housing warehouse lines of credit, in over 250 fundings per year in multi-family projects
• Representation of an equipment leasing company from its initial start-up in 2004 through its present status as one of the 50 largest equipment leasing companies in the country
• Representation of one of the largest national banks in the United States in mortgage warehouse facilities to Fannie Mae DUS lenders and Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae approved lenders
• Representation of various financial institutions in asset-based facilities and the workout of asset-based facilities
• Representation of large financial institutions and regional banks in investor bridge warehouse facilities

Chambers and Partners ranked Stephen among the leading banking and finance attorneys in the 2008-2009 editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Stephen is a member of the Massachusetts, Michigan and Boston Bar Associations.