Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

In the Marketplace

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
December 31, 2014

CoreTech Leasing, Inc. of Newport Beach, CA, announced that it will be expanding into the semiconductor industry. The decision to diversify the firm's portfolio and expand into the growing semiconductor market is based on projections such as Gartner's, which forecasts semiconductor capital equipment spending to increase 15% in 2014 to a total of $38.5 billion, followed by projected increases through 2018. CoreTech, an independent technology and equipment lessor, also recently added Gary Atkins as VP of diversified technologies. Atkins was a founding member of two Fortune 500 equipment leasing companies, including Comdisco Electronics Group , with his division originating $3.6 Billion in asset-based business. Atkins was also an original member Babcock & Brown Electronics Management LLC.

Cole Taylor Equipment Finance of Chicago has opened a new office in St. Louis, MO, and has appointed Chris Byrnes as direct sales manager for the St. Louis region. Byrnes will be responsible for building client relationships and developing new lease and loan originations in Missouri, Kansas, western Kentucky, and western Tennessee. Byrnes joins Cole Taylor from BancorpSouth Equipment Finance' where he was a vice president and regional account executive.

Debra P. Goldberg has joined the law firm of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP of Garden City, NY, as Of Counsel. The addition of Ms. Goldberg expands the firm's transportation finance group with a new area of practice in the aviation finance sector. Ms. Goldberg has facilitated a wide range of aircraft transactions, including handling the purchase, sale and lease of commercial and business aircraft for individuals, corporations, and commercial airlines, as well as the purchase and leasing of fractional interests for individuals and corporations. She also advises clients on compliance with FAA registration requirements for U.S. registered aircraft and structuring issues.

Key Equipment Finance of Superior, CO has named David Zapata vice president, leasing manager, Northeast region. He will support government financing efforts throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Zapata previously served as vice president and relationship manager for Citizens Bank, and has held senior associate and vice president-level positions specializing in municipal corporate banking and municipal finance with Preferred Mutual Insurance Co., RBC Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities and Miller Tabak Roberts Securities, LLC.

In a separate announcement, Key Equipment Finance has promoted Mark S. Wolcott to vice president and equipment finance officer for the business bank direct sales team. He will lead the bank channel's direct sales activity for the East Coast from Western New York to Portland, ME. Wolcott joined Key in 2002 and served as vice president, senior business banking relationship manager, for the Community Bank in Rochester, NY. Previously, he was vice president at Citibank.

'

CoreTech Leasing, Inc. of Newport Beach, CA, announced that it will be expanding into the semiconductor industry. The decision to diversify the firm's portfolio and expand into the growing semiconductor market is based on projections such as Gartner's, which forecasts semiconductor capital equipment spending to increase 15% in 2014 to a total of $38.5 billion, followed by projected increases through 2018. CoreTech, an independent technology and equipment lessor, also recently added Gary Atkins as VP of diversified technologies. Atkins was a founding member of two Fortune 500 equipment leasing companies, including Comdisco Electronics Group , with his division originating $3.6 Billion in asset-based business. Atkins was also an original member Babcock & Brown Electronics Management LLC.

Cole Taylor Equipment Finance of Chicago has opened a new office in St. Louis, MO, and has appointed Chris Byrnes as direct sales manager for the St. Louis region. Byrnes will be responsible for building client relationships and developing new lease and loan originations in Missouri, Kansas, western Kentucky, and western Tennessee. Byrnes joins Cole Taylor from BancorpSouth Equipment Finance' where he was a vice president and regional account executive.

Debra P. Goldberg has joined the law firm of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP of Garden City, NY, as Of Counsel. The addition of Ms. Goldberg expands the firm's transportation finance group with a new area of practice in the aviation finance sector. Ms. Goldberg has facilitated a wide range of aircraft transactions, including handling the purchase, sale and lease of commercial and business aircraft for individuals, corporations, and commercial airlines, as well as the purchase and leasing of fractional interests for individuals and corporations. She also advises clients on compliance with FAA registration requirements for U.S. registered aircraft and structuring issues.

Key Equipment Finance of Superior, CO has named David Zapata vice president, leasing manager, Northeast region. He will support government financing efforts throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Zapata previously served as vice president and relationship manager for Citizens Bank, and has held senior associate and vice president-level positions specializing in municipal corporate banking and municipal finance with Preferred Mutual Insurance Co., RBC Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities and Miller Tabak Roberts Securities, LLC.

In a separate announcement, Key Equipment Finance has promoted Mark S. Wolcott to vice president and equipment finance officer for the business bank direct sales team. He will lead the bank channel's direct sales activity for the East Coast from Western New York to Portland, ME. Wolcott joined Key in 2002 and served as vice president, senior business banking relationship manager, for the Community Bank in Rochester, NY. Previously, he was vice president at Citibank.

'

Read These Next
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin Image

With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.

'Huguenot LLC v. Megalith Capital Group Fund I, L.P.': A Tutorial On Contract Liability for Real Estate Purchasers Image

In June 2024, the First Department decided Huguenot LLC v. Megalith Capital Group Fund I, L.P., which resolved a question of liability for a group of condominium apartment buyers and in so doing, touched on a wide range of issues about how contracts can obligate purchasers of real property.

The Article 8 Opt In Image

The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.

CoStar Wins Injunction for Breach-of-Contract Damages In CRE Database Access Lawsuit Image

Latham & Watkins helped the largest U.S. commercial real estate research company prevail in a breach-of-contract dispute in District of Columbia federal court.

Fresh Filings Image

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.