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John F. Imhof Jr. is well known for structuring practical and efficient, commercial maritime finance and investment transactions for lenders, lessors, investors, borrowers and lessees involving domestic and international maritime transportation, offshore and energy assets.

His experience includes a wide variety of ships, offshore drilling rigs, inland barges, shipping containers and related infrastructure. International and domestic banks, shipowners, private equity funds, hedge funds and leasing companies have called on John for over 30 years to advise on a wide variety of maritime finance and investment issues, particularly those involving U.S., Marshall Islands, and Liberian-flagged vessels and business associations, and complex regulatory matters relating to the Jones Act and U.S. government maritime programs. He has advised on complex syndicated senior secured, mezzanine and subordinated loan facilities, securitizations, note offerings, export-credit facilities, single-investor and leveraged leases, sale-leaseback transactions and restructurings.

John advises clients on a variety of financings, including loan agreements, charters, and ship mortgages under the laws of numerous flag states involving diverse maritime, offshore and related assets. He also advises on investments in maritime, offshore and associated infrastructure businesses, including investments in joint ventures, preferred equity and distressed debt.

John’s innovative legal solutions are a product of his years as a lawyer in transportation, equipment finance and energy-related sectors, including aviation, oil and gas, conventional and renewable power generation, and power transmission. He is a frequent speaker and published author on U.S. and Marshall Islands maritime finance, the Jones Act and U.S. maritime regulation.

Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1990, cum laude

Duke University, B.S., 1985