Nick Passarello

Of Counsel

Direct: 404.873.8568
Fax: 404.873.8569
Atlanta
171 17th Street NW
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363

Biography

Nick is of counsel in the Commercial Lending and Real Estate practices. He represents lenders and borrowers in connection with a range of secured lending transactions both in Georgia and nationally, including syndicated, club, and bilateral senior credit facilities for cash flow and asset-based loans; private equity leveraged acquisition loans; commercial real estate term and construction loans; and the origination and servicing of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans.

Nick received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Alaska Law Review. He received a dual degree in political science and psychology from the University of Georgia in 2010. He serves on the firm’s Associates Committee.

Experience

    • Represented domestic subsidiary of a European packaging material manufacturer in obtaining  $4.1MM in term and revolving debt from a foreign bank to fund build-out of the company’s first American manufacturing line and provide operating capital.
    • Represented bank establishing a $25MM revolving facility to provide operating line of credit to an electronic event ticket broker.
    • Represented bank making $13.5MM of term and revolving loans to fund sponsor’s leveraged acquisition of a medical information processor.
    • Represented bank extending $40MM in term and revolving debt to a sponsor-owned commercial communications services company to fund a dividend recapitalization transaction.
    • Represented Israeli real estate investors in obtaining $35MM line of credit from a national bank to fund the acquisition of a multi-state portfolio of industrial properties, including subsequent additions of after-acquired properties to the collateral base and increases to the revolving commitment.
    • Represented bank extending $8MM of revolving credit to Florida-based beef packer.
    • Represented a non-bank lender making a $30.25MM perm loan to refinance construction debt on a 100k+ RSF Class A office building in North Carolina.

Credentials

  • Duke University School of Law, Juris Doctor
  • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Arts - Political Science,
    summa cum laude with Highest Honors
  • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Science - Psychology,
    summa cum laude with Highest Honors
  • State of Georgia 2013
    • American Bar Association
    • Association for Capital Growth
    • State Bar of Georgia
    • Secured Finance Network

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones To Watch, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law, 2021-24

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