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Chris Buchanan is a partner in King & Spalding's Finance practice and resident in our Charlotte office. Chris is active in King & Spalding’s leveraged finance, transportation finance, asset-based lending, leasing and structured product financing, syndicated lending and supply chain finance practices.
Chris represents banks and other financial institutions, lenders and lessors in leveraged finance, syndicated and single-lender transactions and other secured and unsecured lending transactions as well as representing companies as borrowers or lessees in transactions. He has significant experience representing clients in facilities and claims involving Export-Import Bank of the United States as well as foreign export credit agencies.
As a speaker, Chris has presented on numerous topics, including synthetic leases, aircraft finance, U.S. citizenship in aircraft ownership and export finance facilities. In addition to his traditional pro bono work, his interest in business and economics has led him to co-found and participate in the Mecklenburg County Bar’s Pro Bono for Nonprofits. Chris also works and coordinates with Queen City Forward, a local social entrepreneur accelerator program
Chris earned bachelor's degrees in economics and philosophy in 1993 from Rhodes College, where he was a Bellingrath Scholar. He received his law degree cum laude in 1998 from Wake Forest University, where he was Symposium Editor of the Wake Forest Law Review and Order of the Coif.
J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif
B.A., Economics, Rhodes College, Dean's List
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County Bar (1998)
June 8, 2022
Legal 500 United States 2022 Recognizes King & Spalding Practices and Lawyers Among the Top in the Nation
February 1, 2022
King & Spalding Team Closes a Variety of Esoteric Financings in the Second Half of 2021
June 10, 2021
Legal 500 United States 2021 Ranks King & Spalding Practices Among the Top in the Nation
Represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in $250 million senior secured railcar financing facility.
Represented a financial sponsor portfolio company that provides intermodal equipment, chassis and containers in a $1.3 billion asset-based loan.
Represented the purchaser in acquisition of a railcar and locomotive portfolio containing over 75,000 units of equipment.
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April 2, 2021
Industry-Focused American Rescue Plan Act Summary – Aviation
November 12, 2020
The Airline Industry and the CARES Act: What Secured Lenders Need to Know
March 27, 2020
Industry-Focused CARES Act Summary
June 8, 2022
Legal 500 United States 2022 Recognizes King & Spalding Practices and Lawyers Among the Top in the Nation
February 1, 2022
King & Spalding Team Closes a Variety of Esoteric Financings in the Second Half of 2021
June 10, 2021
Legal 500 United States 2021 Ranks King & Spalding Practices Among the Top in the Nation
Represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in $250 million senior secured railcar financing facility.
Represented a financial sponsor portfolio company that provides intermodal equipment, chassis and containers in a $1.3 billion asset-based loan.
Represented the purchaser in acquisition of a railcar and locomotive portfolio containing over 75,000 units of equipment.
See more
April 2, 2021
Industry-Focused American Rescue Plan Act Summary – Aviation
November 12, 2020
The Airline Industry and the CARES Act: What Secured Lenders Need to Know
March 27, 2020
Industry-Focused CARES Act Summary
June 8, 2022
Legal 500 United States 2022 Recognizes King & Spalding Practices and Lawyers Among the Top in the Nation
February 1, 2022
King & Spalding Team Closes a Variety of Esoteric Financings in the Second Half of 2021
June 10, 2021
Legal 500 United States 2021 Ranks King & Spalding Practices Among the Top in the Nation
J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif
B.A., Economics, Rhodes College, Dean's List
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County Bar (1998)