Boston Bar Association
Conference Center
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

Sponsored by the BBA Commercial Lending Committee, a joint Committee of the Bankruptcy Law Section and the Business Law Section.


This program will address two types of reasoned opinions: true sale opinions and non-consolidation opinions. The panel will discuss a number of hypothetical fact situations in order to teach attendees practical tips that they can immediately incorporate into their own practice.

Part I: Description of the substantive law on which true sale and non-consolidation opinions are based, including recent developments.

Part II: Discussion of how true sale and non-consolidation opinions may or may not be rendered under various hypothetical transaction structures.

Specific Topics Include:

• true sale and non-consolidation opinions;
• the considerations involved in rendering or accepting such opinions;
• transactions in which they are appropriate;
• issues that law firms face when giving or receiving such opinions;
• using opinion language, factual certificates, due diligence and language for special purpose entity organizational documents to address various transactional structures.

Panel

Joseph H. Baldiga, Esq.
Moderator
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

Anthony L. Gray, Esq.
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

William J. Hanlon , Esq.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Christine D. Lynch, Esq.
Goulston & Storrs

Program Chairs

Andrew P. Strehle, Esq.
Co-Chair, BBA Commercial Lending Committee
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

Christine E. Devine, Esq.
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

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