Practice Areas
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1977
- Princeton University, A.B., 1974
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1984
- New York, 1979
Honors and Awards
Best Lawyers in AmericaErnie Lorimer focuses on representing participants in municipal finance transactions, and public and private companies and their investors.
In public finance, Mr. Lorimer has represented issuers, trustees, underwriters and investors in new issues, refinancings, workouts and restructurings, as well as in ongoing disclosure matters, and acts as bond counsel to state issuers. He has worked extensively on general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, tax increment financing, lease financing, project financing, special tax structures and conduit financings for hospitals and other healthcare and educational institutions, and liquidity structures and swaps associated with municipal finance. A significant component of his work has been the creation, revision, analysis and explication of statutory and contractual provisions relating to municipal finance at the federal , state and local level.
In corporate finance, Mr. Lorimer’s practice revolves around securities work and mergers and acquisition work, including public offerings, private placements, offshore offerings, proxy contests and disclosure and compliance work for public companies. The significant shift towards Build America Bonds and other taxable direct subsidy bond programs has resulted in a converging of Mr. Lorimer’s work in both sectors, as both sectors compete in the taxable securities space.
Mr. Lorimer was Chair of the Business Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association in 2000-2002, and continues his service to the bar as a member of the Bar Association’s Task Force on Multijurisdictional Practice. Mr. Lorimer writes regularly and addresses bar and other groups. He also is a Senior Editor of the Connecticut Bar Journal.
Associations and Memberships
Connecticut Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Connecticut Bar Association, Business Law Section Chair, 2000 - 2002
Publications
Connecticut Business Corporation Act Sourcebook, Connecticut Bar Association/Connecticut Law Reporter, 1997
"Business Entities", Chapter in Connecticut Lawyers Deskbook, Connecticut Bar Association, 3d ed. (2008)
"2005 Developments in Business Entity Law", 80 Connecticut Bar Journal 81 (March 2006)
"2006 Developments in Business Entity Law", 81 Connecticut Bar Journal 109 (June 2007)
"2007 Developments in Business Entity Law", 82 Connecticut Bar Journal 145 (June 2008)
"2008 Developments in Business Entity Law", 83 Connecticut Bar Journal 95 (June 2009)