About Patrick

Patrick Burke is a partner in the Financial Services Practice Group and regularly advises banks, financial institutions, borrowers and sponsors across a broad range of industries.

His experience includes syndicated and bilateral credit facilities, acquisition financing, senior and subordinated credit facilities, mezzanine credit facilities, asset based and structured finance facilities, loan workouts and restructuring, leasing and letter of credit transactions.

Prior to practicing law, Patrick spent eight years in the commercial banking industry, holding credit management and commercial lending positions with several financial institutions, which provides him with a unique perspective that clients find very valuable.

Patrick serves on the firm’s Hiring Committee and the firm’s Audit Letter Review Committee.

Experience

  • Representing an owner-operator of amusement parks in connection with a US$2.09 billion credit facility.

  • Representing the administrative agent in connection with a US$180 million multicurrency secured syndicated credit facility for an automotive supplier.

  • Representing a publicly held multinational borrower in the US$2.6 billion financing for its acquisition of another publicly held multinational chemical company, including a US$1.65 billion senior secured revolving and term loan facility.

  • Representing an owner-operator of amusement parks in connection with a US$2.09 billion credit facility.

  • Representing the lead agent in connection with a US$180 million multicurrency secured syndicated credit facility for an automotive supplier.

  • Representing a commercial bank in several commercial real estate financing transactions.

  • Representing a diversified industrial manufacturing company in a US$130 million acquisition of a multinational industrial hose manufacturer.

  • Representing a publicly held multinational borrower in the US$2.6 billion financing for its acquisition of another publicly held multinational chemical company including a US$1.65 billion senior secured revolving and term loan facility.

  • Representing the lead arranger and agent in connection with a US$200 million multicurrency secured syndicated credit facility to provide acquisition financing to a packaging and label service provider.

Credentials

Education
  • Cleveland State University, J.D., summa cum laude, executive editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 2003
  • The Ohio State University, B.S.B.A., cum laude, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1995
Admissions
  • Ohio, 2003
Memberships & Affiliations
  • Member of the Cleveland State University College of Law Board of Visitors

  • Member of the Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations

  • Former Chair of the Banking and Financial Services Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Recognitions

  • Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking & Finance, Ohio 2024 to present

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Banking and Finance Law, 2013 to present

  • Recognized in Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, a distinction that recognizes lawyers under the age of 40 or those in practice for 10 years or fewer

  • Recognized as “Who to Watch in Law” by Crains Cleveland Business in 2012

Expertise

Publications

  • Co-author, “Prepare for Fading Cooperation Between Lenders, Borrowers,” Bloomberg Law, May 2020.