Overview
Edward Hammond is a partner and transactional lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He focuses his practice in the area of commercial and industrial financing transactions, including energy and infrastructure project financing, syndicated bank loan transactions and institutional investment in long-term debt securities. He is a member of the Finance & Financial Institutions Practice and Energy and Sports Industry Teams.
Speaking Engagements
In February 2014, Ed spoke at the Infocast Wind Power Finance and Investment Summit Conference where he was also moderator for the panel, “New Options for Lower Cost of Capital.”
Recognition
Ed has been peer review rated as AV Preeminent®, the highest performance rating in the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ system.
Ed has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Banking and Finance Law and Project Finance Law (2007, 2010 - 2022), Securitization and Structured Finance Law (2010 - 2022), Financial Services Regulation Law (2011 - 2022), Commercial Finance Law (2015 - 2022) and Energy Law (2017 - 2022).
- Named the Best Lawyers® 2014 and 2022 Project Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
- Named the Best Lawyers® 2016 Commercial Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
- Named the Best Lawyers® 2017 Project Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
- Named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Financial Services Regulation Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
From 2011 - 2016, The Legal 500 recognized Ed for his work in the area of project finance and also for his work in energy – renewable/alternative in 2015. He was also selected for inclusion in the 2005 - 2009 lists of Wisconsin Super Lawyers®.
Affiliations
Ed recently served on the board of trustees of the American College of Investment Counsel and served as president of the organization in 2011.
Education
Ed received his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Yale University in 1978 and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1981.
Professional Memberships
Ed is a member of the American Bar Association and its Business Law Section, as well as of the Milwaukee Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Admissions
- Wisconsin
- Massachusetts
Examples of Recent Transactions
- Representation of a plastics manufacturing company with world-wide operations serving the automotive and transportation industries in a $30 million asset-based revolving credit facility
- Representation of a Chicago-based consumer products manufacturing company in a $50 million asset-based senior revolving credit facility, including a restructuring of a tranche of second lien notes, and negotiation of a complex intercreditor agreement between the senior banks and the second lien noteholders
- Representation of a Midwest regional bank as the administrative agent in a syndicated $70 million asset-based revolving credit facility for a Chicago-based consumer financial service company, including the negotiation of an intercreditor agreement with institutional second lien noteholders
- Representation of a Midwest regional bank as the administrative agent in a syndicated $175 million asset-based revolving credit facility for a Chicago-based consumer financial services company, including the negotiation of an intercreditor agreement with institutional second lien noteholders
- Representation of a large national bank as the administrative agent in a syndicated $100 million revolving credit facility for a large Wisconsin-based food processing company
- Representations of two California-based distributors of renewable energy components in a total of $75 million of asset-based revolving credit facilities
- Representation of a national engineering firm in a $50 million asset-based revolving credit facility
- Representation of a Wisconsin-based snack food manufacturing company in a $50 million asset-based revolving credit facility