John F. Imhof Jr. > Vedder Price > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vedder Price Offices

1633 Broadway 31st Floor
New York, New York 10019
NEW YORK
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John F. Imhof Jr.

Work Department
Global Transportation Finance
Position
Shareholder
Career
Mr. Imhof focuses his practice on maritime and transportation finance. He has more than 25 years of experience advising lenders, lessors, investors, borrowers and lessees in the domestic and cross-border financing of transportation and logistics assets, including ships, shipping containers, aircraft, railroad rolling stock and related infrastructure. His experience involves a variety of facilities and financing techniques, including syndicated senior secured loan facilities, mezzanine and subordinated loan facilities, letter-of-credit facilities, single-investor leases, leveraged leases, sale-leaseback transactions and restructurings. Mr. Imhof also advises investors in connection with a variety of investments in maritime and transportation assets, including investments in existing companies, the formation of joint ventures and the acquisition of distressed debt. His clients include leading banks, hedge funds, private equity funds, shipowners, airlines and rail transportation companies.
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1990, cum laude
- Duke University, B.S., 1985
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Shipping: finance
(Leading partners)With ‘a wealth of knowledge in the area of ship finance’, Vedder Price‘s global transportation finance practice has enviable credentials in finance transactions. Such deals involve intermodal containers, chassis, barges, terminal facilities, bridge training simulators, ferries, and offshore construction and oil exploration vessels, as well as vessels involved in the transportation of cargo and passengers. The group’s expertise covers a range of maritime and offshore finance deals, including securitizations, syndicated and bilateral loans, export-credit facilities, debt capital markets, sale-leaseback transactions, leases, and bareboat charters. Experienced in cross-border marine finance structures, John Bradley represents lenders, investors, borrowers, ship owners, container lessors and marine terminal operators in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and documentation of vessels, containers and terminal facilities; and John Imhof Jr and John Geager ‘have a keen understanding of the maritime industry and maritime finance’. Also key to the department, Anthony Renzi in Washington DC routinely acts for shipping, energy and offshore services sector clients, while Chicago’s Geoffrey Kass is the firm’s global transportation finance chair. The firm expanded its offering in January 2024 with the arrival of asset finance expert Hoyoon Nam from Seward & Kissel LLP. All attorneys named are based in the New York office unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Transport > Shipping: finance
- Shipping: finance United States > Transport
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Chicago Elite > Corporate and M&A
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Chicago Elite > Corporate and M&A
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- Chicago Elite > Commercial disputes
- Chicago Elite > Commercial disputes
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense