Bank Counsel Seminar

Pamela Martinson represents major institutional and other lenders, lessors, borrowers and equity sponsors. She possesses extensive experience in complex financings of all kinds, including syndicated lending transactions (secured and unsecured), equipment leasing, asset-based lending, unitranche loans, subscription finance and structured finance. Pam has experience in a wide variety of financing programs for power sports vehicles, including warehouse facilities secured by electronic chattel paper, and forward flow programs for marketplace lenders.

Barry A. Smith is a Shareholder and a senior member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Chairman of the Financial Institutions Practice Group. Mr. Smith focuses his practice on representing financial institutions and other business entities, both domestically and internationally. Mr. Smith has extensive experience in business and commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, real estate, loan workouts and restructuring, provisional remedies, receiverships, collections, and post-judgment enforcement. He also handles complex defense litigation including tort, contract law, and real estate.

Peter is a member of the Financial Industry Group, practicing in the area of Financial Services. His clients consist of a mix of large, mid-size and small banks, savings and loan companies, equipment leasing companies, mortgage companies, and private real estate and commercial financing entities. He generally represents creditors and equipment lessors in the documentation of complex credit transactions and in the restructuring and enforcement of such transactions, both inside and outside of the bankruptcy courts. On occasion, he has represented guarantors or borrowers in such transactions. He focuses on all forms of commercial and real estate finance transactions, asset-based loans, intellectual property financing and agricultural lending.

Subject matter expert on employment laws and regulations including the State of California, the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and other state laws. Experience includes multi-state employers, government contractors, and large employers.

Demonstrated knowledge and utilization of a broad variety of labor-related concepts, such as wage and hour, compensation, recruitment, hiring, retention, succession planning, organizational development and training, terminations/reductions in force, retirement plans, leave administration, and benefits administration.

Deborah Thoren-Peden focuses her Chambers-ranked corporate practice on banking, electronic commerce, privacy, anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations.

Deb co-leads Pillsbury’s Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy team; its FinTech, Payments & Blockchain team, its Consumer & Retail industry team, and its Unclaimed Property Team. She represents and advises fintech companies, bank and non-bank financial institutions (both domestic and international), money transmitters, retailers, automotive and a variety of other types of companies. She is also a recognized authority with respect to the Bank Secrecy Act and the Patriot Act.

Keith Forrester is a principal of Aldrich & Bonnefin, PLC, specializing in all areas of banking operations, including negotiable instruments, electronic banking, payment systems, new accounts, legal processes, California and Federal laws on financial privacy, funds availability rules and Bank Secrecy Act compliance. He is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California.