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    Martha M. Anderson

    Partner


    • New York City
    • Office716.853.8105
    • manderson@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Martha Anderson is a finance and corporate lawyer with over 25 years of experience representing financial institutions and businesses of all types in connection with leveraged and project finance transactions and mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. She also has extensive experience in professional sports matters involving NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL teams and their stadiums and arenas.

    Practice Areas

    Project FinanceHealthcare TransactionsCorporate & FinanceLife SciencesM&A and Corporate TransactionsPrivate Equity & Investment FundsLeveraged Finance

    Industries

    InfrastructureFinancial ServicesCannabis

    My focus

    I help financial institutions and businesses of all types to get their deals done and achieve their strategic objectives. My practice includes the following:

    Leveraged Finance

    I represent banks, subordinated and other lenders and corporate borrowers in financings, including secured and unsecured, syndicated and single bank, working capital and asset-based transactions, leveraged financings, EB-5 financings, subordinated note purchases, acquisition financings, bridge financings and debt restructurings. I am also experienced in negotiating intercreditor agreements and subordination agreements.

    Project Finance

    In addition to the stadium project financings referenced below, I have worked on project financings of solar plants, energy storage and biomass facilities, fertilizer and methanol plants and infrastructure. Most recently, I worked with our project finance team on the $1.8 billion financing of a fertilizer plant.

    Mergers and Acquisitions

    I represent buyers and sellers of businesses in leveraged and other acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings and dispositions, both domestically and internationally. That experience includes transactions involving companies involved in manufacturing, food, health care and medical devices.

    Sports

    I am experienced representing governmental and private entities in professional sports matters involving NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL teams and their stadiums and arenas. This experience includes work on the stadium financings for the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Twins and Nets; representation of the County of Erie in connection with the Buffalo Bills lease and related Ralph Wilson stadium renovations; and work on a team bankruptcy and asset sale.

    Other

    I also advise clients on corporate, limited liability company and partnership matters and joint ventures. I have worked closely with our health care team on structuring, governance and finance matters involving our health care clients.

    Looking ahead

    I expect increased activity in infrastructure and health care and related areas. Also continuing high levels of activity in restructurings and extensions of existing loans.

    Admitted to practice

    New York
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York

    Education

    Smith College, B.A.
    State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D.

    Professional activities

    Martha is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section), the New York State Bar Association (Business Law Section) and the Erie County Bar Association (Banking Law, Corporation and Regulatory Compliance Committees). She is a member of the Upstate Venture Association of New York and the Smith College Club of Buffalo. She served as a contributing writer and a member of the Editorial Committee for the ABA’s recently published Model Stock Purchase Agreement with Commentary (Second Edition). She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County and the Advisory Council to the United Way Emerging Leaders Society. She is a past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Goodwill Industries of Western New York.

    Recognition

    Martha was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 in the fields of Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Securitization and Structured Finance Law. Martha has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2012, and was named a Buffalo, NY, Corporate Law "Lawyer of the Year" in 2023, Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in 2023, 2019, and 2017, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year” in 2020.

    Martha was selected for inclusion in The Legal 500 M&A Private Practice Powerlist – USA Region 2023.

    News Mentions

    • Power Finance & Risk

      DIF fund to buy Oklahoma wind farm

      This article mentions NP for advising DIF Capital Partners’ infrastructure fund on its agreement to acquire the Kingfisher wind farm in Oklahoma. The deal team includes Washington, DC Community Development Finance partner Shariff Barakat, Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, Buffalo Global Finance partner Martha Anderson, and Rochester Corporate associate Aya Hoffman.

      Also contributing to the deal were New York City Corporate partner Rick Cox; Manchester partner Mark Beaudoin and San Francisco partner Alison Torbitt, both of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate group; and Washington, DC partners Elizabeth Whittle and Bob Daileader and counsel Ken Weiner, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance group.

      June 9, 2021
    • Power Finance & Risk

      Strata inks $150 million deal with Blackstone

      This article on Strata Solar’s strategic partnership with Blackstone Credit mentions the firm for the work of Project Finance, Infrastructure & Real Estate department chair and Washington, DC Community Development Finance partner Michael Goldman and Buffalo Global Finance partner Martha Anderson in advising the solar and battery storage developer.
      April 1, 2021
    • The Bulletin

      ABA Well-being Pledge Is It for Your Organization

      Corporate partner Martha Anderson talks about the actions Nixon Peabody has taken since signing on to the ABA Well-being Pledge in 2018.
      Jan 9, 2020
    • Buffalo Business First 

      Attorneys Thrive on Forward Thinking

      Buffalo office managing partner Martha Anderson and Diversity & Inclusion Specialist Rekha Chiruvolu are featured in this story on progressive law firms. Martha and Rekha discuss the firm’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
      Dec 7, 2015
    • Buffalo Law Journal

      Five Questions With…

      This Q&A focuses profiles Buffalo office managing partner Martha Anderson.
      Aug 11, 2014

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