Cathleen D. Ward

Cathleen Ward represents financial institutions as well as business owners with commercial lending, real estate, contracts, and general corporate and business needs. 

Her experience includes reviewing due diligence materials and drafting and negotiating documents for a variety of transactions, including asset purchases, stock purchases, construction loans, refinancing, working capital loans, equipment purchases, and real estate acquisitions. She has assisted and closed many commercial transactions, from start-up business transactions to complex business and real estate acquisitions. 

Cathleen’s corporate work includes providing guidance to businesses on corporate structure, such as entity formation and corporate governance, and other general business matters, including licensing, sales, mergers, and acquisitions. She has acted as corporate counsel in a variety of industries, including the technology industry, in which she has experience preparing privacy policies and user agreements, as well as development agreements for software applications, and the citrus industry, involving the preparation of licensing and sublicensing agreement with a variety of local and international agencies, variety developers, propagators and growers. 

As a closing attorney for commercial lenders, Cathleen prepares and reviews loan files for conventional commercial loans as well as SBA 7(a) and 504 loans; advises loan officers and processers; and drafts, analyzes, and negotiates loan and finance documents.