Seidel, Barry S.

George "Tony" Hewett practices in the Business Law area, focusing his practice in commercial lending and real estate finance, and public finance. He has extensive experience in handling all phases of commercial lending transactions, including closings, portfolio management activities and workouts involving bankruptcy, litigation and liquidation of assets through foreclosure and/or secured party sales. For the past ten years, Tony has been lead counsel, first to the Energy Lending Division of a New England-based non-bank lender, and then a regional commercial bank, closing on close to 100 transactions during this time. Tony is also a United States Small Business Administration approved specialist in closing and servicing SBA loan transactions including the 7(a) SBA guaranteed loan program. He also works extensively in the SBA 504 Program for Economic Development, has been approved as a Designated 504 Closing Attorney, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of New England Certified Development Corporation.

Tony has acted as lender's counsel on approximately 2,000 transactions in the past twenty-four years. The 7(a) loans typically involve financing for real estate acquisitions, working capital, equipment acquisition, debt refinancing and inventory purchase. The 504 loans typically involve real estate acquisition or renovation and equipment purchases. Tony also represents the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Environmental Protection in a variety of business assistance loan programs.

Prior to joining Davis Malm, Tony served in the Reagan Administration in Washington, D.C. as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and as the Special Assistant to the President of the Government National Mortgage Association, and in Boston as an Attorney Advisor with SBA.