FOCUS
James G. Froberg is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer. He has
spent most of his twenty-five year career as in-house legal
counsel for a variety of public and private companies. He
has worked closely with the management of diversified commercial
financial services organizations operating in both regulated
and unregulated environments.
Mr. Froberg most recently was Associate General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary with Comdisco, Inc. Prior to joining Comdisco,
Mr. Froberg served as Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary for LINC Capital, Inc. and its subsidiaries and
affiliates for over ten years. While at LINC his primary duties
related to providing transactional legal advice to the various
business segments of the company. He also worked closely with
management on the formation and dissolution of limited partnerships
and special purpose vehicles related to the company's corporate
financing activities. He also assisted LINC Securities Corporation
in connection with its NASD compliance responsibilities.
Before joining LINC, he served as in-house counsel with Heller
Financial, Inc., Associates Commercial Corporation, Walter
E. Heller & Company, International Harvester Company, and
General Finance Corporation.
Mr. Froberg has provided transactional legal services related
to commercial leasing and lending, asset-based financing and
venture leasing and financing. He also provided transactional
and strategic legal services related to the acquisition and
sale of major lease, loan and other financial assets as well
as the acquisition and divestiture of businesses. He has negotiated
and prepared agreements and pleadings related to defaults,
restructures and workouts on both the debtor and creditor
side of matters. He is experienced with the implementation
and coordination of legal strategy both inside and outside
bankruptcy and state law insolvency proceedings.
He has also provided a wide range of corporate legal services
and strategic advice to managers within organizations including
human resources, facilities management services, corporate
finance and treasury, corporate insurance, and information
management. He has served as a corporate secretary and is
familiar with implementing corporate governance issues.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Froberg is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and
Illinois State Bar Association. He has lectured on equipment
lease financing related subjects with the Equipment Leasing
Association. He has also served as an outside independent
director for a number of special purpose companies created
in connection with securitization activities.
EDUCATION
Mr. Froberg is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago,
College of Arts and Sciences and has received his J.D. from
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law. He has also received
his Masters of Management from Northwestern University, J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
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