Joe Scibilia leads the firm’s Leveraged Finance practice. He focuses his practice on commercial finance matters and has more than twenty years of experience in complex commercial finance transactions.

Mr. Scibilia has extensive experience representing both lenders and borrowers in complex commercial financing transactions. His practice includes the representation of public and private companies, as well as foreign and domestic financial institutions. His practice focuses on representing lenders and borrowers in debt financings, including syndicated credit facilities on both a leveraged and investment grade basis, cash flow and asset-based financings, secured and unsecured credit facilities, letter of credit facilities, first lien and second lien financings, bridge loan financings, acquisition financings, asset securitizations, subordinated debt facilities, real estate financings, and debtor-in-possession financings. Mr. Scibilia also represents financial institutions and customers of financial institutions in connection with interest rate hedge transactions, loan syndications and participations, loan sales, workouts and debt restructurings. 

Mr. Scibilia was honored by BTI Consulting Group as one of 307 attorneys nationwide to be selected to its Client Service All-Stars 2013. He received this distinction for delivering the absolute best client service to Fortune 1000 companies. Mr. Scibilia is AV® Preeminent™ rated for Banking & Finance Law by Martindale-Hubbell.*

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

Action Ministries Inc., Board of Directors, Member

American Bar Association, Member
 Business Law Section
 Business Financing Committee
 Commercial Finance Committee
 Uniform Commercial Code Committee

Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Member

Atlanta Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member

State Bar of Georgia, Business Law Section, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Member

St. John’s Law Review, Former Member

Education

  • St. John's University School of Law, J.D.
    cum laude
  • Hofstra University, B.B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • Georgia

Who We Are

Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
t +1 404.815.6070
f +1 404.541.3113
The Grace Building, 1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10036-7703
USA
t +1 212.775.8791

Joseph L. Scibilia

Experience Highlights

Over $200M in Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession credit facilities for national freight trucking company
Representation of commercial finance company as agent and lender in connection with over $200 million in Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession credit more
Senior secured revolving and term loan b credit facilities of an owner and operator of cancer treatment centers
Representation of lead agent and lender in connection with over $100 million in syndicated senior secured revolving and term loan b credit facilities more
$100M privately placed senior unsecured notes and over $100M in combined working capital and franchisee loan facilities for publicly held company
Representation of publicly held company, as borrower, issuer and guarantor, engaged in selling and leasing home and office furniture, electronics and more
Revolving credit facility for global manufacturer
Representation of publicly held leading global manufacturer of flooring products, as borrower, in connection with $100 million syndicated senior more