Matthew W. Gaspari

Senior Associate

  • 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 practices in the area of corporate law. Mr. Gaspari’s practice includes the representation of commercial banks, private equity funds, financial institutions, non-bank lenders, leasing companies and other participants in the financial services industry in a wide variety of corporate and financial transactions including asset-based and cash flow financings, secured financings and acquisition financings.  Mr. Gaspari also has experience with U.S. 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 graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

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
    - Senior Associate, 2025-present
    - Associate, 2020-
  • 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.