Dale R. Harger
Partner
Dale Harger represents banks and borrowers in commercial finance transactions; buyers and sellers of commercial real estate; lessors and lessees in commercial lease negotiations; buyers and sellers in the purchase and sale of businesses; and business owners and organizations in general corporate matters. Dale’s subspecialty is representing lenders in complex loans to groups of QSR franchisees.
A deft negotiator and drafter of contracts, Dale enjoys the challenge of finding a win-win solution in a difficult situation. He is known for his ability to devise a way to reach the client’s goals while accommodating the goals of the other parties.
Representative Experience
- An eight-figure line of credit to a sixty-company QSR borrowing group, secured by real estate and personal property in several states.
- Eleven simultaneous term loans and lines of credit to a multi-state borrowing group for real estate acquisition, store construction, and store outfitting.
- An eight-figure loan to a single borrower controlled by an elaborately layered ownership group for development of a suburban residential complex.
- Participation counsel to a member of a bank syndicate in a high-eight-figure QSR acquisition loan.
- A $115,000 commercial mortgage loan for the purchase of vacant land.
Affiliations
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Community
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden, past President and Treasurer
- Green Hill Park Coalition, past President
- Higgins Armory Museum, past President
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court
U.S. District Court of Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
Education
University of Michigan, BA with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Boston College Law School, JD cum laude
