Vedder Price’s General Equipment Leasing practice group is a global leader in its category.

Our team has handled transactions that include single-investor, leveraged and other structured financings, true/tax-motivated leases, synthetic leases, TRAC leases, bundled and other vendor-originated financings, and domestic and cross-border financings for bank-affiliated and large independent equipment and business finance companies. Financed equipment and other property include almost every type of capital equipment, such as manufacturing and assembly line equipment, construction and drilling equipment, mining equipment, energy production and other facilities, medical equipment and health-related facilities, computers and software, telecommunications and other high-tech equipment, trucks, trailers and modular units, FF&E, and other types of personal property or fixtures that can be leased, including, if relevant, the related real estate.

A specialized practice within the Global Transportation Finance team, the General Equipment Leasing group also handles syndication transactions, including large portfolio purchases, “one-off” sales and assignments, discounting, back-leveraging and participations. These transactions often involve highly negotiated provisions regarding such issues as “holdbacks” and “net loss pools,” agency arrangements, “perfect pay,” remarketing, reporting and other servicing arrangements. “True sale” treatment often is an important issue in syndications, and our attorneys have significant experience addressing the various issues involved in assuring such treatment. We have prepared syndication forms for some of the largest equipment finance companies in the industry.