Finance

Hawaii Finance Attorneys, Experienced in Business and Law

Our Hawaii finance attorneys bring to our clients both the business and legal experience needed to assure clients that their economic goals are being met, beyond simple completion of their financial transaction. We believe that understanding the client’s financial requirements for the present and their goals for the future, will produce results better aligned with their true needs.

From Chambers and Partners USA Leading Lawyers for Business,"The thing that really makes them stand out is their business advisory capabilities — they are very insightful about the business side of real estate acquisitions.”

Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher’s financial practice focuses on the representation of borrowers and lenders who require a sophisticated command of complex real estate acquisitions and business transactions.

Firm corporate finance attorneys provide assistance in the following practice areas:

• Business Consultation and Transactions
• Complex Real Estate Acquisitions
• Documenting Loan Agreements
• Innovative Financing Arrangements
• Mortgage Foreclosures
• Optimization of Funds
• Structuring Finance Terms
• Secured Financing
• Complex Equity Structuring

Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher Hawaii Finance Attorneys

Our firm’s corporate finance attorneys have received recognition from The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers ™, The Best Lawyers in America©, Chambers and Partners USA Leading Lawyers for Business and selected to the Hawaii Super Lawyers® list.

Delivering well beyond client expectations is a hallmark of Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher— it is the firm’s goal to deliver extraordinary results for our clients.

Trevor A. Brown has acted as special counsel to provide legal opinions in complex financing transactions. He served as a Co-Reporter for the Opinion Committee of the Real Property and Financial Services Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association. The Committee’s Hawaii 2000 Report on Lawyer’s Opinion Letters in Mortgage Loan Transactions, 22 U. Haw. L. Rev. 347 (2000), established the standard of practice in Hawaii. Mr. Brown remains active in a bar committee on these issues. Mr. Brown has represented clients in acquiring notes and mortgages as a means of obtaining control of real property assets (golf courses, undeveloped land, and residential properties) and then obtaining control of the assets through enforcement of the debt instruments. Mr. Brown has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” in Honolulu by The Best Lawyers in America©, in the practice area of Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law.

Duane R. Fisher practices in real estate, hotel and resorts, business structure and operations and commercial transactions. He has represented a wide range of business organizations, from hotel owners, telecommunications companies, general contractors, Wall Street investment firms and multibillion dollar energy development companies to closely held corporations and sole proprietors, in both private transactions and before federal and state administrative agencies.

Sharon V. Lovejoy represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters with primary focus in commercial, real estate and business litigation. Ms. Lovejoy has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” in Honolulu by The Best Lawyers in America©, in the practice area of Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, and works closely with firm transactional attorneys.

Kenneth B. Marcus is Senior Counsel, who focuses on hotel and resorts, commercial real estate, business organizations, and corporate and real estate finance. He is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, and is a well respected expert in Leisure & Hospitality law.

Christina N. Ohira concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate and commercial transactions and is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© and selected to the Hawaii Super Lawyers® list, and is recognized by Chambers High Net Worth Guide-Private Wealth Law.

Sara S.T. Strona has been named to The Best Lawyers in America© list, selected to the Hawaii Super Lawyers® list and is rated AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell’s® highest rating possible for her skill and integrity. Ms. Strona represents clients in the areas of real estate purchases and sales, leasing, development, and land use. Her practice also includes commercial transactions and business formation and structuring. She is admitted to the Hawaii Bar, and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law.