Patrick A. Guida

Patrick has been providing legal services to institutional banking clients throughout New England for more than four decades. He previously served as in-house counsel for two major banks.

He is known for his precision in complex financing transactions, often representing institutional lenders and borrowers, including major banks, in deals involving historic redevelopment, economic development bonds, affordable housing and private business acquisition and expansion. He has established a niche specialty in financing of health care provider transactions. He also is experienced in representing lead and agent bank lenders in sophisticated syndicated and participated deals.

Patrick represents major real estate developers in their project development, permitting, borrowing and leasing transactions, including major development projects within the Capital Center District in downtown Providence. He brings a wealth of alternative financing options that help divergent parties reach mutually beneficial agreement during the negotiation process.

A frequent speaker, Patrick has been an active and enthusiastic lecturer for the American Law Institute since 1995 and serves as Program Chair for the Commercial Lending Today and Commercial Law Update. He has also been very involved as an executive in several public education related activities since 1988.

Affiliations

• Rhode Island Bar Association, President-Elect
  • Executive Committee
• American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, Fellow, 2011-present
  • President, 2022; Executive Committee, 2018
• National Association of State Boards of Education
  • President, 2013
• Uniform Law Commission, Rhode Island Member, 2012-Present
• American Law Institute – Continuing Legal Education
  • Commercial Lending Today, Program Chair
  • Commercial Law Update, Program Chair
• Rhode Island Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Rhode Island Fellows of American Bar Foundation, Past Chair
• National Association of State Boards of Education Past President
• Rhode Island Board of Education
  • Council on Elementary and Secondary Education, Past Chair
• Barrington (Rhode Island) School Board, Past Member and Former Chair
• Rhode Island Association of School Committees, Past President

Recognition

• Recognized by Super Lawyers, Banking, Business & Corporate, Real Estate, Providence, 2008, 2013-Present
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Rhode Island
  • “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America in Providence in the area of Banking and Finance, 2019
• Garnered the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of State Boards of Education, 2014
• Recognized for “Professional Excellence in Law,” Banking and Financial, Rhode Island Monthly, 2023-2025
• Named an “Excellence in Law Hall of Fame” honoree, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, 2022

Education

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
  • Case Western Law Review, Editor
• Union College, B.A., cum laude with distinction

Bar Admissions

• Rhode Island
• Massachusetts

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit