Scott A. Lessne

Scott Lessne is a Senior Counsel in the Financial Services Group in Crowell & Moring LLP's Washington, D.C. office. Scott's practice involves the representation of financial institutions in connection with the negotiation and documentation of secured and unsecured commercial, asset - based and real estate loan restructures as well as advising clients on legal issues arising in complex single and multi-lender loan workouts and restructures. In addition, Scott advises financial institution clients on  creditors' rights remedies including judicial and non-judicial enforcement actions and bankruptcy strategies. Scott also assists financial institutions in structuring and documenting new complex commercial loan transactions.

His prior experience includes tenure as the senior in-house lawyer at a major global bank  responsible for providing and managing all legal services for the commercial and real estate loan workout division of the corporation. Scott has also served as the General Counsel for the healthcare finance division of a commercial finance company and more recently as the General Counsel of the finance company's regulated bank subsidiary. Prior to his in-house experience, Scott was in private practice where he developed his expertise in commercial loan restructuring, creditors' rights and lending. Scott began his legal career as a law clerk to the Superior Court Judges of the State of Connecticut.
 
Scott is a past President of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Inc. and is a Fellow and former Regent of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers.  He recently co-chaired the ABA Commercial Finance Committee's subcommittee on Loan Documentation. He has taught a course in Secured Transactions as a member of the adjunct faculty of Suffolk University Law School. Scott is a regular speaker on topics relating to commercial finance, loan workouts,  creditors' rights and bankruptcy.