Rebecca Chaffin
Partner

Overview
Rebecca Chaffin is a financial services attorney in Holland & Knight's Charlotte office. Ms. Chaffin has more than 25 years of experience in corporate lending transactions, including syndicated lending and tax-exempt financing. Her experience includes investment grade and leveraged syndicated facilities, including multicurrency facilities, letter of credit and credit enhancement facilities, acquisition financings and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) financings.
Ms. Chaffin has led transactions involving borrowers in many different industries with collateral of various types, including monetized contract rights, capital campaign pledge receipts, real estate and offshore collateral. Ms. Chaffin also has extensive experience representing lenders in the government contracting space, and representing trustees and escrow agents in various structures, including convertible debentures, senior subordinated notes, master trust indentures and complex conduit financings.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Chaffin was a partner with a global law firm in its Charlotte office.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
- Duke University, B.A., magna cum laude
- North Carolina
- North Carolina Bar Association
- North Carolina Bankers Association
- North Carolina Dance Theatre, Board of Directors
- Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Elder
- Virginia Law Review
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Banking and Finance Law, 2019-2024
- Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Banking and Finance, North Carolina, 2015-2023
- The Legal 500 USA, Commercial Lending, 2020
- The Legal 500 USA, Leading Lawyer, Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders, North Carolina, 2017