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Edward J. Pontacoloni maintains a commercial transactional and litigation practice. He is a former general counsel to First International Bank and he represents financial institutions and other commercial lenders in commercial real estate, fixed asset and asset-based financing, including commercial fixed and leasehold mortgages and UCC Article 9 secured transactions. In the area of commercial litigation, Mr. Pontacoloni represents lenders in matters involving asset and loan recoveries, bank fraud and lender liability. He has advised and counseled commercial lenders in both national and international transactions and litigation, including interstate banking and lending, international trade financing and multistate and international creditor’s rights and lender liability litigation.
Recently Reported Cases
Gencarelli v. UPS Capital Business Credit, 501 F. 3d 1 (C.A. 1, 2007)
A substantial portion of Mr. Pontacoloni's transactional and litigation practice has involved government guaranteed financing under the auspices of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the USDA Business & Industry Loan Program, the Export-Import Bank of the United States Foreign Buyer and Working Capital Loan Programs. In 2003 he became the first person in the nation to be awarded the Advanced Lender Diploma by the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders.
Mr. Pontacoloni is Chairman of the Firm's Government Guaranteed Lending practice. Mr. Pontacoloni received his J.D. from Western New England College School of Law in
Springfield, Massachusetts and his B.A. from
Marquette
University
in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, an Associate Member of the National Association of Certified Development Companies (NADCO) and of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL), as well as a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys (ACFA).
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