Mr. Brookman is a founding partner of Lucosky Brookman LLP. His practice focuses on the representation of issuers, domestic and foreign commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital, private investment funds and other financial institutions in a broad variety of complex financing transactions, including corporate and securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions (including reverse mergers), securities offerings, secured and unsecured lending and other syndicated and single-bank loan transactions, the financing of commercial assets, domestic and cross-border financings, loan restructurings and workouts.

Mr. Brookman has counseled clients on significant transactions across many practice areas and industry sectors. He has particular experience with the following:

• secured and unsecured term and revolving lending transactions
• acquisition financings
• bridge loans, letter of credit transactions and other debt financing
• workouts, reorganizations and/or loan sales
• interpretation and application of the Uniform Commercial Code

Prior to forming Lucosky Brookman, Mr. Brookman was an attorney in the New York office of Seward & Kissel LLP in the Corporate Finance Group as well as an associate in the New York office of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP in the Securities Litigation Group. Mr. Brookman graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts and, while pursuing his undergraduate degree, attended the London School of Economics and Political Science. Mr. Brookman received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law where he was a member of the Moot Court Board, the International Law Journal and the Trial Advocacy Team. While attending Fordham, Mr. Brookman was recognized with the Georgetown University Law Center Outstanding Advocate Award and the Magna Cum Laude Public Service Award. He is a member of both the New York and New Jersey bars and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.

Selected Clients and Transactions

Throughout his career, Mr. Brookman has represented the following:

• Private equity fund, as lender, in a $5,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, advanced to a private healthcare distribution company in several tranches and collateralized by, among other things, a first priority security interest in all assets of the parent company and its subsidiaries
• Florida-based private equity fund, as lender, in a $3,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, advanced in several tranches to a Maryland-based private equity fund and collateralized by, among other things, a first priority security interest in all assets of the parent company, its subsidiaries and certain third parties
• London-based private equity fund, as lender, in a $2,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, advanced in several tranches to a software manufacturer and collateralized by, among other things, a first priority security interest in all assets of the parent company and its subsidiaries
• London-based private equity fund, as lender, in a $5,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, advanced in several tranches for general working capital purposes and collateralized by, among other things, a pledge of shares of the parent company and a first priority security interest in all assets of the parent company and its subsidiaries
• New York-based private equity fund, as purchaser, in a $3,000,000 Common Stock Purchase Agreement entered into in connection with and contingent upon a $2,000,000 Senior Secured Loan Agreement, secured by all assets of the seller and its subsidiaries
• London-based private equity fund, as lender, in a $4,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, advanced in several tranches for general working capital purposes and collateralized by, among other things, all assets of the borrower and its subsidiaries
• NYSE-listed insurance benefit provider in a $2,000,000 Senior Secured Loan Agreement advanced for the purpose of financing the purchase of a private insurance benefit company and collateralized by, among other things, a pledge of the membership interests in the borrowing entities
• Publicly-traded software acquisition company in a $750,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility provided by a specialized commercial bank, advanced to refinance existing company debt and for general working capital purposes and collateralized against company Account Receivables
• Public company in a $244.8 million secured purchase and sale of iron ore, pursuant to which the buyer shall purchase certain amounts of iron ore in installments over the course of a three year period
• Investment Bank in a $46 million senior secured loan facility and a $25 million junior secured loan facility advanced to borrower for the purpose of financing the purchase of luxury cruise ships
• Subsidiary of a publicly-traded manufacturing company in connection with a $73 million purchase of an 80% interest in a U.S. manufacturing company and a $36.5 million stock purchase of a manufacturing company
• Private equity fund in a $60 million senior secured loan advanced to borrower for the purpose of purchasing credit card receivables in South America
• Private equity fund in a corporate reorganization of certain subsidiaries and investment vehicles in connection with four senior secured loan agreements totaling, in the aggregate, $60 million
• Private equity fund in a $75 million senior secured loan facility advanced to borrower for the purpose of financing the purchase of wind turbines
• Domestic alternative energy company in a $2 million senior secured loan consisting of convertible notes and warrants to purchase common stock
• Investment Bank in two cross-collateralized $17.2 and one $20.6 million senior secured loan facilities
• Private equity fund in a $10 million senior secured loan facility advanced to borrower for the purpose of financing the purchase of a wood pellet manufacturing plant
• Private equity fund in a $34 million loan default, workout, reorganization and loan sale resulting in a successful purchase of secured debt and collateral in South America
• Investment Bank in a $77.2 million loan default and exercise of pledged shares and the acquisition of certain pledged assets and collateral
• Private healthcare and pharmaceutical provider in a $1 million senior secured loan facility advanced by a high net worth investor to the borrower for the purpose of providing bridge financing