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George "Tony" Hewett 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. He is a United States Small Business Administration approved specialist in closing and servicing SBA loan transactions including the 7(a) SBA guaranteed loan program. Tony also works extensively in the SBA 504 Program for Economic Development, has been approved as a Designated 504 Closing Attorney, and was recently elected as a member of the Board of Directors of New England Certified Development Corporation.

Tony has acted as lender's counsel on approximately 1,600 transactions in the past twenty-one 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.

Representative Matters
  • Represented a national lender in the $1.3 million construction financing for a recycling and waste transfer facility.
  • Represented a national lender in the $20 million take-out financing of a construction loan for a regional warehousing and distribution company.
  • Represented a national lender in the $3.7 million debt refinancing for a tennis and health club.
  • Represented a national lender in the $1.1 million acquisition of retail photography stores.
  • Represented a national lender in the $1.5 million acquisition of a product division of a national manufacturer.
  • Represented a Massachusetts based lender in the $1.8 million permanent financing and $1.3 million bridge financing for the acquisition of a 122 unit hotel.
Professional
  • Distinctions: Peer review "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005.
  • Admitted: Massachusetts; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
  • Member: Boston Bar Association and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
Community Involvement
  • Actively involved in Families of SMA, an organization that raises money for the research and treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a disease that destroys the nerves that control voluntary muscle movement.
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Education
  • J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1979.
  • Certificate of Special Studies, Business Administration and Management, Harvard Extension School, 1985.
  • B.A., Bucknell University, 1976.