Ms. Carpenter is the Chair of the firm’s Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice Group. Her practice is devoted primarily to commercial lending, banking, real estate, corporate finance, and general corporate matters. She has over 30 years worth of experience in commercial lending transactions, including secured and unsecured lending, construction lending, letters of credit, leveraged acquisitions, real estate financings, subordinated financings, alternative energy financings and ESOP transactions which require financing. Ms. Carpenter currently serves as Chair of the Firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Additionally, during her tenure at Krieg DeVault, Ms. Carpenter has served on the firm’s Marketing Committee, House Committee, and a variety of ad hoc committees.

Representative Experience

• Represented a financial institution in connection with the negotiation and documentation of $17,000,000 in secured credit facilities to a medical holding company to finance the formation of an ESOP.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a $40,000,000 syndicated loan transaction secured by personal property and real property involving a medical practice group with multiple locations, including the financing of the construction of a new facility and the renovation of an existing facility.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a $60,000,000 syndicated loan transaction secured by personal property and real property for a multi-state landscaping company.
• Represented a food distribution company in connection with the negotiation and documentation of $8,000,000 in credit facilities from a financial institution to finance the formation of an ESOP.
• Represented a medical research company in connection with the negotiation and documentation of $4,850,000 in credit facilities from a financial institution to finance the formation of an ESOP.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a $25,000,000 unsecured line of credit to a public utility.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a $150,000,000 syndicated loan transaction involving buy here/pay now automobile finance company.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a $29,637,000 construction loan and a $30,000,000 construction loan for shared housing in Indianapolis, Indiana and Richmond, Virginia respectively.

Awards And Recognitions

• Commercial Lending Attorney of the Year in Indiana, Global Law Experts, 2015
• Top Women in Real Estate, Midwest Real Estate News, 2015
• Indiana Super Lawyers, 2004
• Distinguished Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Association, 1998

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