Moses & Singer LLP Attorney Michael Evan Avidon Appointed to American College of Commercial Financial Lawyers

NEW YORK, April 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Moses & Singer LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Evan Avidon, co-chair of the firm's Banking and Finance Practice, will be honored as a new Fellow of the American College of Commercial Financial Lawyers at an induction ceremony to be held at the College's Annual Meeting on April 18, 2015 in San Francisco.

The American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, Inc. is a professional organization dedicated to promoting the field of commercial finance law through education, legislative reform and the recognition of distinguished practitioners, jurists and academics. The College offers a venue to promote and recognize outstanding achievement and advances in the field of commercial finance law.

Admission to the College is limited to members of the legal profession with at least 15 years of practice who have achieved preeminence in the field of commercial finance law. Nominees must demonstrate repeated and substantial contributions to the field through teaching, lecturing, public writing and continuing legal education.

Mike has been representing financial institutions in commercial finance for over 30 years. He is well known both for his work on behalf of agent banks in syndicated credit facilities and for his work with letter of credit transactions, letter of credit litigation, and supply chain finance. Mike writes and speaks frequently on finance and letter of credit-related topics, and is a past Chair of the Subcommittee on Letters of Credit of the New York State Bar Association's Banking Law Committee.

Moses & Singer is a diversified New York law firm representing businesses, professionals and individuals in their commercial and personal needs. For more information about the firm including attorney advertising disclosures please visit the firm's website.

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