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University of Michigan
Law School, J.D., 1988
University of Notre
Dame, B.A., 1985 (English; magna cum laude)
Tenth Circuit Court of
Appeals
U.S. District Court,
Colorado Colorado |
General Overview
Thomas H. Keyse
concentrates his practice on commercial finance
transactions and creditors’ rights law. He has
extensive experience structuring, negotiating and
closing secured commercial, agricultural and asset-based
loans, factoring transactions, equipment leases and
distressed debt acquisitions, and has represented
secured creditors, equipment lessors and private equity
investors in a wide range of transactional, litigation
and bankruptcy matters.
Areas of Concentration
Agricultural
Credit/Lending
Asset-Based Lending
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Commercial Lending
Creditors’ Rights
Distressed
Investments
Factoring
Representative
Transactions/Representative Cases
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Represented FirstCity Crestone in the
negotiation and documentation of the Turnaround
Management Association's 2010 Small Company
Turnaround Transaction of the Year.
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Represented lender in $60.5 million
syndicated revolving credit and term loan facility
to healthcare company
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Represented lender in $47 million
syndicated revolving credit facility to petroleum
exploration and related services company
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Represented equipment lessor in $28
equipment lease to mining company
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Represented lender in $27 million
amended revolving credit and term loan facility to
office equipment and supply company
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Represented lender in $20 million
amended revolving credit and term loan facility to
construction company
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Represented lender in $13.5 million
revolving credit and term loan facility to logging
and milling company
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Represented lender in $13.4 million
revolving credit and term loan facility to pipe
supply and metering company
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Represented lender in $4.4 million
revolving credit and term loan facility to natural
meats company
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Represented lender in successful
defense of $12 million in lender liability claims
against first mortgage lender on large ranch in
Western United States
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Represented equipment lessor in
collection of $2.8 million in end-of-lease payments
against automobile parts manufacturer
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Negotiated assumption of $40 million
in equipment leases in food manufacturing and
distribution company bankruptcy reorganization case
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Represented purchaser in restructure
of $100 million in dairy loans
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Represented lender in restructuring
of $4 million in loans in feedlot bankruptcy
reorganization case
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Represented lender in amended and
restated $3 million revolving credit and term loan
facility to designer jewelry company
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Represented purchaser in purchase,
foreclosure, and restructure of $12 million in
revolving credit and term loans to flooring supply
company
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Represented purchaser in foreclosure
and restructure of $4 million in revolving credit
loans to novelties distribution company
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Represented purchaser in purchase and
restructure of $44 million in revolving credit and
term loans for broadcast technology company
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Represented purchaser in purchase and
restructure of $4 million in revolving credit and
term loans to cabinet manufacturing company
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$30 million revolving credit and term
loan facility to disaster restoration company
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$17 million revolving credit and term
loan facility to food production and distribution
company
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$18 million revolving credit and term
loan facility to water treatment company
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$10 million revolving credit facility
to temporary workforce housing manufacturer
Publications
and Presentations
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Panelist, Turnaround Issues for
Non-Profit Organizations, Turnaround Management
Association, scheduled for 2012
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Panelist, Select
Second Lien Financing Issues for First Lien Lenders,
In-house Bank Seminar, 2007
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Panelist, Problem
Loan Management, Independent Bankers of
Colorado, 2006
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Panelist,
Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan
Documentation in Colorado, Lorman Educational
Services, 2006
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Panelist,
Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan
Documentation in Colorado, Lorman Educational
Services, 2005
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Panelist,
Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan
Documentation in Colorado, Lorman Educational
Services, 2004
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Panelist,
Dischargeability of Student Loans, American
Bankruptcy Institute Annual Spring Meeting, 2004
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Panelist,
Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan
Documentation in Colorado, Lorman Educational
Services, 2003
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Panelist,
Bankruptcy Basics (Chapters 7, 11 and 12),
In-house Bank Seminar, 2002
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Panelist,
Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan
Documentation in Colorado, Lorman Educational
Services, 2002
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Panelist, Loan
Workout and Collateral Liquidation in Colorado,
Lorman Educational Services, 2002
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Overview of
Revised Article 9 Issues,
In-house Bank Seminar, 2002
Professional and
Community Involvement
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American Bankruptcy Institute
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Bankruptcy Subsection, Denver Bar
Association
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Rocky Mountain Chapter, Turnaround
Management Association
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Provide pro bono legal services to
several Denver-area food pantries
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Immediate and Past President; Member, Board of
Trustees, Metro CareRing (food pantry and emergency
assistance provider)
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St. Martin’s Chamber Choir: founding
member (retired in 2009 after 15 years) and singer
representative to board of directors
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Delegate, Stapleton Master Community
Association
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Youth Basketball Coach, YMCA
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Youth Soccer Coach, Colorado Fusion
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Multiple functions, St. John’s
Episcopal Cathedral
Awards and Recognition
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Certified Business Bankruptcy
Specialist, American Board of Certification
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AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated,
Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory
Admissions
Related Employment
Education
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University of Michigan
Law School, J.D., 1988
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University of Notre
Dame, B.A., 1985
(English; magna cum laude)
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