Kraig Kohring’s clients benefit from his strong background in a number of sophisticated finance markets. Kraig is chair of the Finance, Investment Strategies and Real Estate Department. He focuses his practice on bank-led and private debt lending transactions, securitization and other structured finance transactions, tax credit finance and related transactions and commercial loan enforcement. 

A key area of Kraig’s practice for over 25 years has been representing issuers, underwriters, lenders, servicers, operating advisors and investors in Commercial Mortgage Backed Securitization transactions. He also represents issuers, underwriters, servicers, lenders and borrowers in other asset-backed securitizations.

The other primary area of his practice includes representing lenders and borrowers in credit facilities of all sizes and structures. He represents national lenders and mezzanine and SBIC lenders in small, medium and large cap credit facilities, both locally in Kansas City and across the nation. He is a recognized leader in structuring transactions, securing facilities with all types of collateral, working out and restructuring problem credits and enforcing creditor’s rights.

In addition, Kraig has advised syndicators, investors and lenders in the tax, partnership, regulatory, finance and other business issues involved in the development and operation of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects. He has worked with clients through the most significant issues arising during the life of a LIHTC project, including those involved in working out a troubled project. His work in these matters has included:

• General partner removals, negotiations with substitute general partners and documentation of admission of new general partners 
• Property management replacement, negotiations with general partners and replacement property managers and documentation of new property managers 
• Negotiating and documenting sales of assets and other exit strategies with protections against recapture 
• Negotiating forbearances and other workout agreements with lenders and regulatory agencies 
• Representing syndicators/asset managers in disputes with tax credit investors