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Fortra Law’s Corporate and Securities attorneys have collectively represented thousands of funds and private lenders nationwide in the areas of corporate business law, securities offerings, and compliance
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Corporate Business Lawyers with Specialized Experience

Fortra’s corporate attorneys help businesses navigate structural, organizational, and governance challenges. We serve private lenders, real estate professionals, brokers, funds, and wealth managers.

Industry-Focused Mergers & Acquisitions

Our Corporate & Securities team advises lenders, real estate professionals, and developers on mergers, acquisitions, sales, and reorganizations, providing practical solutions to structure, negotiate, and close complex transactions.

Licensing Services

Fortra helps lenders, brokers, and mortgage professionals secure, manage, and maintain licenses nationwide, ensuring compliance in commercial and business-purpose residential real estate.

Our Services

Corporate Business Law

Fortra’s Corporate attorneys help clients with entity formation, governance, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and other key matters. Our clients include private lenders, real estate developers, brokers, equity and debt funds, and wealth managers.

Securities & Capital Markets

Fortra’s team advises on private placements, mortgage pools, opportunity funds, real estate investment trusts, and compliance. We serve mortgage funds, operating companies, private lenders, and other capital market participants

Litigation & Bankruptcy-Granular Resources

Distressed debt opportunities in RTL and ground-up construction lending

A Distressed Debt Opportunity Is Building in RTL and Ground-Up Construction. Is Your Fund Structured to Capture It?

Distressed debt opportunities are beginning to emerge across RTL and ground-up construction lending. Foreclosure starts hit 37,000 in April 2026 ...

Distressed inventory trends showing rising foreclosures and limited distressed real estate opportunities for private lenders

The Distressed Inventory Paradox: Why Rising Foreclosures Aren’t Creating More Deals

Why Rising Foreclosures Don’t Tell the Whole Story Distressed inventory is one of the biggest topics in private lending right ...

California lending compliance requirements for CFL and DRE license holders

You’ve Got the License. Now What? A Practical Guide to California Lending Compliance

For many private lenders, obtaining a California Financing Law (CFL) license or a Department of Real Estate (DRE) broker license ...

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Corporate & Securities

Corporate & Securities team guiding funds and lenders in law and compliance.

Banking & Finance

Banking team supports mortgage pros with transactions, compliance, and mitigation.

Litigation & Bankruptcy

Litigation & Bankruptcy provides counsel for funds and lenders in business law and securities.

Why Choose Us

Fortra Law is the nation’s largest law firm dedicated almost exclusively to the private/non-conventional lending space and is the leading legal resource for specialty lenders, asset-based lenders, private lenders, and non-bank institutions. Our legal departments include Banking & Finance, Corporate & Securities, and Litigation & Bankruptcy, offering lenders a vertically integrated suite of services while our Fortra Conference Line provides networking and educational opportunities to the industry at large. Reach out today to see how we can partner together.

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