Frank Peretore, Esq. & Robert L. Hornby, Esq. are Co-Chairs of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC’s Equipment Leasing and Asset Based Lending Group. Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi is a full-service law firm with extensive experience representing banks and commercial lenders including factors and asset based lenders nationwide, ranging from the transactional stage through litigation and bankruptcy. With a history spanning over 40 years in New Jersey and New York, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi continues to advance our clients’ legal and business successes through in-depth insight and creative solutions.

Frank Peretore, Esq. – Peretore has over 30 years of experience in asset based lending and equipment finance and was nominated by Leasing News in 2015 as one of the 25 most influential attorneys in the U.S. in the Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry. He represents national and regional commercial finance companies and banks ranging from closely held companies to Fortune 100 companies. Peretore’s representation includes the enforcement of secured creditors’ rights in thousands of matters in the state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. Peretore received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York College at Oneonta. As a long-standing leader in his field, Peretore has also published a highly-acclaimed book titled “Workouts and Enforcement for the Secured Creditor and Equipment Lessor” (Lexis/Nexis 2015 edition).

Robert L. Hornby, Esq. – An experienced litigator, Hornby represents national and regional banks and finance companies in all aspects of asset based lending and civil litigation in New York and New Jersey state and federal courts. Hornby regularly counsels clients on a wide range of matters unique to asset based lending and equipment finance, from drafting master documentation to the enforcement of secured creditors’ rights and lien priority. Hornby received his law degree cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law, and his undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of Arizona. He served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable David S. Baime, PJAD (ret.) in the New Jersey Appellate Division.