Richard B. Burnham
Grady Gammage, Jr.
Michael R. King
Richard K. Mahrle
Curtis Ullman
Thomas J. McDonald
James A. Craft
Kevin R. Merritt
Randall S. Dalton
Kevin J. Blakley
John R. Dacey
Jeffrey J. Miller
Cameron C. Artigue
Susan L. Watchman
Stephen W. Anderson
Christopher A. Womack
Timothy J. Martens
Lisa T. Hauser
Jerry D. Worsham II
George U. Winney, III
Manjula M. Vaz
Kay Bigelow
James F. Polese
Patricia E. Nolan
Rachel R. Weiss
Gregory J. Gnepper
Heather Boysel
Ryan J. Millecam
Carolyn V. Williams
Jonathan A. Bennett
F. William Sheppard
Mary B. Artigue
Diane K. Geimer
Kevin R. Merritt
kmerritt@gblaw.com
(602) 256-0566
Areas of Practice
Commercial Finance
Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
Corporate
Education
B.A. summa cum laude, Duke University, 1979
J.D., Stanford University, 1982
Court Admissions and Other Interests
American Bar Association,
Business Law and Law Practice Management Sections
Phi Beta Kappa
Profile
Kevin Merritt's practice is concentrated in the representation of commercial lenders, on a nationwide basis, and in a variety of types of financing. Mr. Merritt has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions (including multi-state leveraged buy-outs, revolving lines of credit, and commercial term loans), real estate and construction lending, healthcare finance, and the financing of inventory and receivables generated by the hospitality and resort industries. He also has extensive experience representing the finance division of a major national equipment manufacturer, in structuring and documenting transactions pursuant to which such finance division helps facilitate the sale and distribution of the manufactured product.
Mr. Merritt has experience dealing with borrowers and/or collateral located in approximately 45 states, Canada and Mexico. Gammage & Burnham's involvement in those transactions in which Mr. Merritt has served as lead counsel range from pre-loan approval due diligence investigation and review, structuring of the credit facility, preparation and negotiation of loan documentation, closing and funding of the facility, monitoring of post-closing requirements, the handling of sequential fundings for facilities involving a series of disbursements, and the subsequent amendment and modification to the loan documentation as appropriate to reflect changes in the credit requirements of the parties to the transaction. Mr. Merritt has also spoken on multiple panels on the topic of third party closing opinions.
Before joining Gammage & Burnham in 1991, Mr. Merritt was a shareholder in the firm of McCabe, O'Donnell, Wright & Merritt, where he spent the first nine years of his career.
kmerritt@gblaw.com
(602) 256-0566
Areas of Practice
Commercial Finance
Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
Corporate
Education
B.A. summa cum laude, Duke University, 1979
J.D., Stanford University, 1982
Court Admissions and Other Interests
American Bar Association,
Business Law and Law Practice Management Sections
Phi Beta Kappa
Profile
Kevin Merritt's practice is concentrated in the representation of commercial lenders, on a nationwide basis, and in a variety of types of financing. Mr. Merritt has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions (including multi-state leveraged buy-outs, revolving lines of credit, and commercial term loans), real estate and construction lending, healthcare finance, and the financing of inventory and receivables generated by the hospitality and resort industries. He also has extensive experience representing the finance division of a major national equipment manufacturer, in structuring and documenting transactions pursuant to which such finance division helps facilitate the sale and distribution of the manufactured product.
Mr. Merritt has experience dealing with borrowers and/or collateral located in approximately 45 states, Canada and Mexico. Gammage & Burnham's involvement in those transactions in which Mr. Merritt has served as lead counsel range from pre-loan approval due diligence investigation and review, structuring of the credit facility, preparation and negotiation of loan documentation, closing and funding of the facility, monitoring of post-closing requirements, the handling of sequential fundings for facilities involving a series of disbursements, and the subsequent amendment and modification to the loan documentation as appropriate to reflect changes in the credit requirements of the parties to the transaction. Mr. Merritt has also spoken on multiple panels on the topic of third party closing opinions.
Before joining Gammage & Burnham in 1991, Mr. Merritt was a shareholder in the firm of McCabe, O'Donnell, Wright & Merritt, where he spent the first nine years of his career.