Attorneys

K. Lee Riley heads the banking and commercial lending practice group at Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler. He concentrates in commercial, asset-based, and real estate-based transactions. He also handles workouts, refinancings, and restructuring matters.

Mr. Riley serves as lender's counsel in a variety of financing transactions, including real estate acquisition and development finance transactions; construction lending and project finance transactions; revolving, secured and unsecured lines of credit; accounts receivable and fixed asset-based loans; capital equipment leasing; Small Business Administration loans; and multi-creditor and multi-tiered loan transactions.

He also represents banks, bank holding companies, and other financial institutions in connection with a broad spectrum of regulatory and self regulatory matters. These matters include state and federal compliance and responses to examinations and charges by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He is experienced in preparation and implementation of policies and procedures in such areas as loan portfolio management and underwriting criteria, trust evaluation, and regulatory compliance.

From 1989 until he joined the Firm in 1992, Mr. Riley was associated with another large firm in Baltimore. From 1989 to 1990, he served as Assistant Editor of The Business Lawyer, a joint publication of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association and the University of Maryland School of Law.

Mr. Riley is a co-developer of an in-house presentation for bank loan officers and credit analysts, and has lectured on commercial transactions for the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL).

News & Publications

"Special Report: M&A Mid-Year Review", American Banker, 8/10/2004: Shapiro Sher banking lawyer K. Lee Riley, Jr. comments M&T Bank Corp.’s development after purchasing Allfirst Financial Inc. of Baltimore.