Jessica VanWert concentrates her practice in representing equipment finance companies in negotiating and structuring equipment finance and leasing transactions. She also has an extensive background representing banks and other lenders in commercial loan originations.
Jessica counsels banks and equipment finance companies in all stages of loan and leasing originations, including review, preparation and negotiation of loan documents and leases, collateral documents and other ancillary documents, and corporate authority and organizational documents. She also represents banks and equipment finance companies in connection with lease and loan acquisitions, development of financing, vendor and referral programs, and workout and restructuring of lease and loan transactions.
Jessica’s banking and equipment finance clients benefit from her broad and varied industry experience. She began her legal career at Bodman in 2007 as a member of the Banking and Finance Practice Group. She left the Firm in 2017 to serve in-house roles, including in-house counsel for one of the nation’s largest all-digital bank and industry-leading auto financing businesses and Deputy General Counsel of a provider of funding and portfolio services to commercial and retail customers and mid-market equipment finance companies, advising on equipment leases, equipment loans, special asset financing transactions, loan and lease sales, and various other projects. Before returning to Bodman in 2025, Jessica most recently served as General Counsel for a leading equipment leasing solutions provider that specializes in acquiring equipment for clients in the construction and industrial, healthcare, IT solutions and services, material handling and automation, and renewable energy and solar sectors.
In law school, Jessica was the Managing Editor of the Indiana Law Journal. She was also a member of the Sherman Minton Moot Court Board.
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