Matthew W. Gaspari

Special Counsel

  • Matthew W. Gaspari
  • Phone: +1 312 499 6729

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700
    Chicago, IL 60603-3433
    USA

Matthew W. Gaspari represents both lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of Banking and Finance including asset-based lending transactions, cash flow financings, acquisition financings, syndicated transactions, real estate transactions, sponsor backed private equity transactions, bridge debt facilities and corporate restructurings. Mr. Gaspari’s practice includes the representation of commercial banks, private equity funds, financial institutions, non-bank lenders, leasing companies, private and public businesses and other participants in the financial services industry. In addition to a traditional lending practice, Mr. Gaspari’s practice also extends to reorganization, bankruptcy and out-of-court workout transactions, where he represents both agents and lenders in syndicated credit transactions.

Mr. Gaspari’s experience spans various industries and specialty lending, including recurring revenue financing, manufacturing, tech, medical devices, insurance premium financing, and domestic and cross-border sale, lease and financing transactions involving commercial aircraft and railcars.

Mr. Gaspari is a 2016 cum laude graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was editor-at-large of the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, and a 2011 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison (B.A.).

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Law
  • Commercial Finance
  • Healthcare Finance
  • Private Equity

Admissions

  • Illinois

Education

  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2016
    - Editor-at-Large, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
  • University of Wisconsin, B.A., 2011

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2026-present
    - Senior Associate, 2025
    - Associate, 2020-2024
  • Vedder Price PC
    - Associate, 2016-2020

Honors and Awards

  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2022-2025

Professional Activities

  • Editorial Review Board for the Food and Drug Law Journal Vol. 77, Issue 4, 2022

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Presenter, "Healthcare Financing Transactions 101," Strafford Webinar, May 10, 2023
  • Presenter, "Healthcare Finance Transactions: Documentation; Perfecting UCC Interests in Commercial and Governmental Receivables," Strafford Webinar, May 10, 2023

Representative Matters

  • Represented a regional bank, as lender, on a bilateral financing transaction composed of a revolving line of credit to a team of companies providing aviation survivability and ground support products and solutions.

  • Represented Byline Bank as Agent and lender to private equity sponsor Lometa Capital Partners in its acquisition of Preferred Mortgage Services LLC, a leading independent provider of mortgage servicing solutions for the financial industry.

  • Represented Byline Bank as Agent and lender to private equity sponsor Prospect Partners in its acquisition of Warren Roofing & Insulating, a leading regional commercial roofing services platform, and various affiliates.

  • Represented Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, a Wintrust community bank, in connection with a $49 million acquisition financing transaction. LFB&TC acted as the administrative agent and co-lender to provide a $33 million term loan, an $8.5 million delayed draw term loan, and a $7.5 million revolving line of credit to an industry leading international captive insurance manager and its affiliates.

  • Represented a regional sponsor finance lending bank as Agent and lender to private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a paint, body and equipment distributor.

  • Represented a regional sponsor finance lender as Agent and lender to a private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a plastics and film manufacturer.

  • Represented Byline Bank as Agent and lender to private equity sponsor Eden Capital in its acquisition of Phlebotomy Training Specialists, a healthcare training provider with dozens of locations, as well as a subsequent acquisition of an international arm for training and related materials.

  • Represented HTLF Bank, which offers community banking at scale across the West, Midwest and Southwest, as agent and co-lender with respect to (i) refinancing of a $50 million secured term loan facility, with an additional $5 million structured as a delayed draw term loan, and (ii) extension of a $2 million secured revolving credit facility, extended to the owners and operators of eight assisted living facilities in Wisconsin.

  • Represented Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, a Wintrust community bank, in connection with an $81 million refinancing transaction. Lake Forest acted as administrative agent and co-lender to provide a term loan of approximately $46 million, a delayed draw term loan of $20 million and a $15 million revolving line of credit to an insurance agency headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

  • Represented Bankwell Bank in providing a $5 million revolving line of credit to the operator of seven skilled nursing facilities throughout southwest Ohio.

  • Represented CIBC Bank USA as administrative agent and lead lender in a $40 million syndicated refinancing to a group of specialty manufacturing companies, which consisted of (i) a term loan secured by mortgages in California and Montana and (ii) a term loan, a capital expenditures loan and a revolving credit facility for the operation of the facilities located on the properties.

  • Represented Popular Bank as administrative agent and lender in a $50 million refinancing, which consisted of a term loan secured by mortgages in Florida and North Carolina and a revolving credit facility for the operation of the skilled nursing home facilities located on the properties.