Peter J. Lahny, IV

Pete is a Partner in the Corporate Department resident in the firm’s New York office, where he focuses on a variety of finance transactions.

Pete brings over 20 years of experience in secured lending, commercial finance, commodities finance, financial restructuring and bankruptcy law. Before joining Wiggin and Dana, Pete represented various banks and other financial institutions in negotiating and preparing loan documentation relating to syndicated and bilateral borrowing base transactions, trade and commodity finance, asset-based finance, acquisition finance and accounts receivable finance facilities.

Pete has extensive experience counseling clients on an array of legal and financial issues. These include counsel regarding initial loan facility structuring at the term sheet stage and review and comment on syndicated loan documentation for participating lenders.

Pete earned his J.D. from St. John’s University, School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Maryland. He also received his LL.M. in bankruptcy law from St. John’s University, School of Law. Pete’s work has been included in debtor/creditor law and asset securitization publications, such as Theodore Eisenberg’s, Debtor and Creditor Law, “Chapter 41 – Asset Securitization” and the article “Asset Securitization: A Discussion of the Traditional Bankruptcy Attacks and an Analysis of the Next Potential Attack, Substantive Consolidation,” in American Bankruptcy Law Review.