Leigh Cummings III

Leigh E. Cummings III

Senior Counsel
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Leigh Cummings has extensive experience representing banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of single lender, mezzanine and syndicated loan transactions. In particular, Leigh has focused on documenting a broad range of lending facilities with private equity, venture capital and other investment funds and their portfolio companies.

Prior to joining the Firm, Leigh was Of Counsel in the Boston office of a U.S.-based international law firm. Leigh was also named a Massachusetts Rising Star by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers® for five consecutive years in the area of Banking.

Leigh Cummings has extensive experience representing banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of single lender, mezzanine and syndicated loan transactions. In particular, Leigh has focused on documenting a broad range of lending facilities with private equity, venture capital and other investment funds and their portfolio companies.

Prior to joining the Firm, Leigh was Of Counsel in the Boston office of a U.S.-based international law firm. Leigh was also named a Massachusetts Rising Star by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers® for five consecutive years in the area of Banking.

Leigh's representative experience includes:

  • Counsel to agent in a $200 million syndicated subscription lending facility to domestic and offshore private equity funds
  • Counsel to lender in a $15 million term loan facility to and issuance of warrants by a biopharmaceutical company
  • Counsel to lender in a $25 million umbrella subscription lending facility to 11 affiliated venture capital funds
  • Counsel to lender in a series of net asset value based guaranteed term loan facilities to portfolio companies of late-stage private equity funds
  • Counsel to agent in $5 million senior and $10 million subordinated secured lending facilities with media and technology company
  • Counsel to lender in a $30 million lending facility to investment management company secured by rights to management and advisory fees
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Education
  • J.D., Boston College Law School, 2007
  • B.A., Government, magna cum laude, Colby College, 2004
    Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts
Awards & Recognitions
    • Named, Super Lawyers® Massachusetts Rising Star, Banking (2013-2017)