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Victor A. Des Laurier

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Victor serves as the Vice-Chair of the Banking and Commercial Finance practice area and heads the area's Chicago-office practice. Vic's practice focuses on representing banks, lessors and other lenders and borrowers in syndicated and single lender secured and unsecured credit facilities. His work experience includes assisting lenders on numerous asset-based, cash-flow, construction and real estate finance transactions. He also has extensive experience in loan workouts and restructurings.

American Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Represented lead bank and agent in syndicated $125 million hospital working capital and construction loan facility.
Represented lead bank and agent in $75 million multi-borrower, steel processing roll-up, revolving and term loan facility.
Represented senior lender in leveraged buyout of manufacturer.
Represented lender in $19.5 million Florida construction and development loan.
Represented lessor in lease of aircraft.
Listed in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA for Banking & Finance - Illinois
Illinois Super Lawyers®
Selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers® 2009-2012 editions
Worked as a senior financial analyst for USG Corporation before attending law school
"The Do’s and Don’ts of Personal Guaranties," Co-Authors Credit Today (November 2002)
"Secured Transactions Manual," Co-Author Credit Research Foundation
“Credit Applications” National Association of Credit Managers (NACM) Conference (October 2004)
Victor has spoken at numerous credit association functions on the subjects of loan and credit documentation, Article 9 of the UCC and related creditors’ rights issues.
Victor A. Des Laurier
DePaul University College of Law
J.D., with Honors (1993)
Order of the Coif
Northern Illinois University
B.S. (1987)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (1992-present)
Illinois (1993)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1993)
Certified Public Accountant (1987)