Joel Schechter

Background

Joel Schechter is a Principal and Co-Chair of Cummings & Lockwood's Corporate & Finance Group and is based in the Naples Office. 

Joel represents lenders throughout the United States in complex credit arrangements, with particular emphasis on credit facilities to private equity funds, hedge funds and their principals; professional sports teams and their owners; and wealthy families and their operating and planning vehicles. 

These credit facilities are secured by professional sports franchises and their assets; restricted and unrestricted interests in limited partnerships, LLCs and corporations; rights to call and receive capital and management fees from investors and private investment funds; real estate mortgages; and aircraft, yachts, fine art collections, automobile collections, wine collections and other exotic collateral.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Finance Group - Co-Chair
• Loan Transactions and Financings
• Corporate Representation of Banks and Other Financial Institutions
• Bank Regulatory Law

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (J.D., 1987)
• Cornell University (A.B., 1984)

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1996
• Connecticut, 1987

Professional Organizations

• Connecticut Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association

Professional Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated

Videos

• Introduction to Cummings & Lockwood’s Corporate & Finance Group