Neal Kaminsky is a partner in the finance section of the firm and is involved in a wide variety of financial and general corporate transactions. Mr. Kaminsky is listed as one of America's leading lawyers in banking and finance by Chambers USA,  and has been selected as a “Texas Super Lawyer” in Banking & Financial Law by a  Texas Monthly survey. He was also named as a “Texas Rising Star” in an earlier Texas Monthly survey. His experience includes:

• syndicated bank revolving and term credit facilities
• single bank revolving and term credit facilities
• asset-based loan transactions
• loan workouts and restructures
• real estate acquisition and development loans
• construction loans
• mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities
• public and private debt offerings
• mergers and asset and stock acquisitions and divestitures and related financing
• entity formation and governance agreements

Representative Experience

• Representation of domestic or foreign banks as agent, or domestic or foreign borrowers, in syndicated revolving and term loan credit facilities, including a:
• $600 million credit facility to a publicly traded prefabricated building manufacturer
• $550 million credit facility to a publicly traded oilfield equipment and rig servicer
• $350 million senior revolving facility to a publicly traded electrical and telecommunication construction services consolidator
• $175 million credit facility to a publicly traded oilfied equipment and rig servicer
• $175 million credit facility to a publicly traded storage and filtration design, manufacture and repair company
• $150 million credit facility to natural gas pipeline storage company
• $100 million credit facility to steel processor
• $75 million credit and term loan facility to a national vehicle leasing and parts distributor
• $55 million revolving facility to a landfill liner manufacturer
• $51 million revolving and term loan facilities to a tile manufacturer and distributor
• $43.5 million term loan to an oil and gas property investor
• $30 million senior credit multi-currency facility to a pipeline servicer
• $35 million credit facility to stone tile manufacturer and distributor
• $23.5 million revolving facility to domestic valve manufacturer
• Representation of domestic or foreign banks as lender, or domestic or foreign borrowers, in bi-lateral bank revolving and term loan credit facilities, including a:
• $150 million credit facilities to high net worth individual
• $100 million letter of credit to a security services company
• $75 million credit facility to investor secured by marketable securities
• $50 million credit facility to an oil and gas exploration and development company
• $50 million revolving credit facility to a family-owned investment company 
• $40 million credit facility to a local petrochemical processing company
• $35 million credit facility to an oil and gas exploration and production company
• $28 million term loan to an executive of a Houston based shipping solutions firm
• $26.5 revolving credit facility to a Houston based beer distributor
• $26 million senior credit facility to a coal and other mineral interest owner and lessor
• $25 million credit facility to a Houston based armored car company
• $20 million credit facility to a family controlled partnership secured by substantial acreage in Colorado
• $12 million credit facility to a chemical manufacturer
• $10.5 million credit facility to a chemical processing and packaging company
• $7.5 million credit facility to a local investor secured by precious gemstones
• Representation of lender or borrower in asset-based loan transactions, including (a) a $52 million credit facility to a consolidator of health-care related assets, (b) a $50 million revolving facility to a domestic publicly traded drilling company, (c) a $62.5 million “debtor-in-possession” facility for a sportswear manufacturer, (d) a $20 million revolving and term loan facility to a local engineering firm, and (e) a $22.5 million revolver to a window manufacturer and distributor.
• Representation of lender or borrower in loan workouts, restructures, and “debtor-in-possession” financings in excess of $100 million.
• Representation of lender or borrower in real estate acquisition, development and construction loans in excess of $250 million covering commercial buildings, retail centers, hotels, townhomes, and light industrial warehouse and storage facilities.
• Representation of lender or borrower in mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities in excess of $100 million.

Professional / Civic Affiliations

• Martindale Hubbell BV Rated Attorney
• Member of the American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association

News

• Firm Receives Chambers USA Recognition (6/11/2008)
• Porter & Hedges Receives Chambers USA Recognition (6/28/2007)
• Article by Jim Jordan & Neal Kaminsky Appears in Counsel to Counsel Magazine (5/9/2006)
• Seventy Percent of Porter & Hedges' Partners Selected as Super Lawyers (10/1/2005)
• Ten Porter & Hedges' Lawyers Named Rising Stars in 2004 Survey (7/1/2004)

Publications

• Complex Financing Transactions: Success From Start To Finish (5/1/2006)
• "Nuts and Bolts of Commitment Letters and Term Sheets" (3/8/2004)