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Daniel H. Ennis

daniel h. ennis

Partner

Atlanta

dennis@phrd.com

t: (404) 420-1150

f: (404) 522-8409

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Overview

Dan Ennis is a banking attorney with a singular focus on closing lending transactions. He has worked with banks, finance companies, and other lenders to provide the secured debt necessary to power growing businesses across the U.S. and internationally. Dan’s energy and business-oriented approach creates the optimal environment for the success of his deals.

Having a concentration in lending work, Dan helps his clients through transactions with a wide range of size and complexity. His deals include single-lender and syndicated credit facilities, often secured by real and personal property.

Dan is committed to the business of his clients and helping them achieve their objectives. His drive and experience help him to see transactions through on time and with favorable terms. Dan’s responsiveness, manner, and focus on the latest developments in commercial finance serve his clients well in closing their deals and retaining their customers.

Experience

  • Represented a national bank, as agent, in the recapitalization of a lender finance company in providing a syndicated credit facility to lender finance company, along with negotiating complex intercreditor agreements and restructuring the borrower’s cash management in connection with subordinated debt and a captive, separately financed participant.
  • Assisted a national bank, as agent, in documenting a syndicated senior secured cross-border credit facility to a lender finance company.
  • Represented a national bank, as agent, in connection with amendment, upsize, and extension of a syndicated credit facility to a lender specializing in loans to military service members.
  • Represented a finance company, as lender, in connection with the closing of a credit facility to a heavy equipment dealer, which included construction financing.
  • Represented a finance company in connection with a secured financing to a heavy equipment dealer involving documentation of leasehold and fee mortgages in multiple states.
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  • Counseled a regional bank, as lender, in a senior secured credit facility to a manufacturing company, allowing the borrower to complete a significant corporate restructuring, add an equipment term loan with another lender, and conduct a sale-leaseback of its primary operating facility.
  • Represented a national bank, as agent, in documenting a revolving credit facility for a scrap iron and steel broker that involved railcars as collateral.
  • Counseled a national bank, as agent, in amendment and restatement of senior secured credit facility to home improvement retailer, allowing the borrower to continue business expansion through opportunistic acquisitions.
  • Represented a national bank, as lender, in a senior secured credit facility to facilitate the turnaround and restructuring of a janitorial services contractor, including a complex intercreditor agreement and ownership structure.

Thought Leadership

  • Co-Presenter: "Liability Management: Uptiering Transactions," State Bar of Georgia Secured Lending Seminar, March 2, 2023
  • Webinar: "Security Interests in Uncommon Collateral: IP, Insurance Policies, Agricultural Products, Maritime Vessels," Strafford Publications, May 12, 2022
  • Presenter: “Perfecting Security Interest on Trust Assets,” Secured Lending Seminar, March 2, 2022
  • Presentation: Negotiating the Loan Agreement, October 14, 2021 
  • Presentation: Collateral Analysis – Beware of the “Gotchas” - Part I, August 25, 2021
  • Presentation: Negotiating the Loan Agreement, August 18, 2021 
    • Panelist: "The Future of LIBOR and Its Replacement," State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section Secured Lending Seminar, Atlanta, GA (March 2019)
    • Panelist: "The Death of LIBOR", TMA NextGen Lunch Panel, Atlanta, GA (June 2018)
    • Presenter: "Consignment Issues for the Secured Creditor", Georgia Secured Lending Seminar, Atlanta, GA (February 2017)

    Areas of focus

    • Closely Held Businesses
    • Financial Services
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Professional Services
    • Real Estate
    • Business Capitalizations
    • Commercial Finance
    • Lender Finance
    • Corporate & Business Transactions
    • Healthcare Transactions
    • Mergers & Acquisitions; Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
    • Private Equity
    • Restructuring & Bankruptcy

    Education

    • Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D. 2009) magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Washington and Lee Law Review
    • Furman University (B.A. Political Science and History 2006) magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Quaternion Society

    accolades

    • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in Banking and Finance Law (2023)
    • Recipient of the Secured Finance Network's 40 Under 40 award (2021)

    Professional affiliations

    • Georgia Bar Association
    • Atlanta Bar Association
    • American Bar Association
    • Member, Turnaround Management Association (Atlanta Chapter)
    • Member, Secured Finance Network (Atlanta Chapter)

    Admitted to practice

    • Georgia
    • New York

    news & insights

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    Kathleen Currey, Dan Ennis, and Lizzie Garner Presented at the 2023 Secured Lending Seminar Hosted by the State Bar of Georgia ICLE


    Mar 09, 2023

    43 Parker Hudson Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2023 Edition


    Aug 18, 2022

    Dan Ennis, Kelley Gass, Gina Kim, and Thomas Powell Present at, and Kathleen Currey Chairs, the 2022 Secured Lending Seminar Hosted by the State Bar of Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education


    Mar 03, 2022
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    Daniel Ennis Selected for Secured Finance Network's 40 Under 40


    Jun 25, 2021

    Daniel Ennis to speak at the State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section's Secured Lending Seminar


    Mar 18, 2019

    Parker Hudson is pleased to announce 3 new members to the firm partnership


    Oct 25, 2017
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