Nicole R. Finelli

Nicole Finelli advises both financial institutions and borrowers with respect to complex lending transactions and related issues. Ms. Finelli's practice also includes assisting clients with respect to general business matters from initial organization through dissolution. Ms. Finelli's qualifications include ten years of finance experience spanning back to her prior career as a senior economic and financial consultant at Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG LLP.

Representative Experience

• Assist financial institutions in drafting and negotiating commitment letters, initial loan documentation and subsequent extensions and/or modifications
• Assist lenders in obtaining security interests in various collateral including real estate, interests in leasehold estates, general business assets, government receivables, health care receivables, inventory, patents, trademarks, and other deal-specific assets 
• Assist in distressed loan negotiations between lending institutions and borrowers, including the drafting and negotiation of notice of default letters, forbearance agreements and modification agreements
• Help borrowing entities secure financing and negotiate loan documentation with local and out-of market financial institutions
• Review leases and negotiate Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements with national tenants
• Assist in the drafting and negotiation of Tri-Party Agreements, Intercreditor Agreements, and Subordination Agreements

Professional Associations

• Board Member & Secretary, Executive Women in Finance
• Member, Hamilton County Bar Association
• Secretary, Zionsville Women in Network (ZWIN), Board Member

Civic Involvement

• Development Committee, Catholic Charities Spirit of Service Development Committee
• Board of Directors, Good Samaritan in Hamilton County
• Member, Hamilton County Leadership Academy
• Secretary, Zionsville Aces Baseball, Board Member
• Member, Event Chair, Stonegate Social Committee

Awards & Recognitions

• Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2009, 2012-2017

Seminars & Presentations

• Panelist speaker,  "Ethical Lawyering: the Ethical Use of Social Media"
• "Lending Horror Stories:  Ghouls and Objectives", The Risk Management Association, 2012
• Fundamentals of Acquisition Transactions in Indiana: Financing the Deal

Education

• J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2006
  
  • Member of the Loyola Law Review, 2004-2005
• B.B.A. in Finance, Business Economics and Japanese, cum laude, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1999

Bar & Court Admissions

• Indiana, 2006

Certifications

• Legal Lean Sigma® White Belt

Foreign Languages

• Japanese

Practices

• Commercial and Real Estate Lending
• Business Services
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Higher Education

Industries

• Financial Services
• Education and School Law