Eric Berg is head of the Firm's global Bank Finance Practice Group and formerly served as a member of the Management Board of White & Case.

Mr. Berg is recognized as a leading bank finance practitioner.  For example, Mr. Berg is ranked in the top tier (one of 10 lawyers in the US so ranked) for Banking and Finance by the 2008 Chambers Global directory.  The directory states that "Clients value his "commerciality, depth of knowledge and proactivity." He is "a pragmatic adviser, who will structure and execute the deal without becoming overly legalistic.""

Chambers USA also weighs in on the Firm itself, indicating that "With considerable capabilities in both securities and loan underwritings, this team’s key strength lies in the bank loan aspects of leveraged financings: "The quality of work on bank loan products is simply outstanding," commented one client."

Mr. Berg's legal practice covers a broad range of finance matters, with a particular emphasis on the representation of lead agents and underwriters in leveraged finance transactions.  He is involved in all aspects of deal structure, negotiation and documentation, including the negotiation of intercreditor relationships, compliance with margin regulations and, in the case of international transactions, structuring financings to maximize tax efficiencies.  Mr. Berg has extensive experience in hostile takeovers as well as in negotiated public and private acquisitions and recapitalizations.  Mr. Berg has also worked on a wide variety of representations in the reorganization and workout area.

Representative clients of Mr. Berg include Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.  Among recent financings in which Mr. Berg was lead counsel representing the agent or agents for the senior bank group are the following: the Exit Financing Facilities for Calpine; The Dow Chemical Group acquisition of Rohm & Haas Co.; Fresenius SE acquisition of APP Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Owens Corning exit financing; Aleris International's purchase of the Downstream Aluminum Business of Corus Group plc; TPG's purchase of Aleris International; Renal Advantage and BWay.  He also represents borrowers in a variety of matters.

Mr. Berg is listed as one of the world's leading bank finance lawyers in both the 2008 edition of IFLR1000 and the 2008 edition of Chambers USA.