Gary Meade has been with Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
since 2008. His primary practice areas are lending, finance, and venture
capital. Gary represents senior and mezzanine lenders in Denver and the
Rocky Mountain region and has helped develop many of their credit documents and
legal lending structures. He also represents many of the firm’s corporate
clients in their lending relationships and financing activities, giving him a
broad understanding both lenders and borrowers when addressing his client’s
needs—whichever side he happens to be on.
In addition to his lending and finance practice, he also represents
emerging growth and more traditional companies in all types of corporate
transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and securities
offerings. Since 2020, Gary has been named as “Leader in Their Field” for Banking & Finance by Chambers USA. Prior to joining Davis Graham, Gary practiced in the securities, finance,
and mergers and acquisitions departments of law firms in Denver and Nashville,
Tennessee, and was an assistant attorney general with the Tax & Bankruptcy
Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office.
Gary is a member of the Colorado and Tennessee Bar
Associations.
Representative Experience
- Represented KeyBank National Association in numerous senior secured debt financing transactions, including in the structured finance arena and in ABL transactions, both single-lender and syndicated transactions with credit facility sizes ranging from $5,000,000 to over $100,000,000.
- Represented CoBiz Bank and CoBiz Structured Finance in various structured finance transactions, including representation in documenting and structuring credit transactions and in workout and liquidation scenarios.
- Represented CIBC Bank USA (formerly The PrivateBank and Trust Company) in senior lending transactions in various industries and in cash flow and ABL loans.
- Represented a frac sand developer in its equity and debt project finance arrangements, which included multiple term loan development tranches.
- Represented clients in various industries, including oil and gas, construction, insurance, and others, in general commercial contract review, various debt and equity financing activities, and in all aspects of their merger and acquisition transactions.
Practices & Industries
Admitted In
Colorado
Tennessee (inactive)
Education
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1992
University of Tennessee, B.S., 1989