Blank Rome is pleased to announce that the firm’s Vice Chair Lawrence F. Flick II has been honored with the Secured Finance Network (“SFNet”) 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.
This distinguished award celebrates individuals whose careers exemplify innovation, influence, and lasting contributions to the secured finance industry. The 2025 honorees were inducted into the SFNet Hall of Fame during the 81st Annual Convention on November 11, 2025, joining an elite group of industry icons. These visionaries have shaped the future of secured finance through their leadership and enduring influence.
“I am deeply honored to receive this award and join such an esteemed group of industry leaders,” said Larry, who also serves as chair of Blank Rome’s Financial Services industry group. “Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside exceptional clients and professionals within the secured finance community whose trust and collaboration have been instrumental in realizing this success. Achieving meaningful client outcomes and contributing to developments in the secured finance industry through SFNet have been among the most rewarding highlights of my career.”
Larry has served on SFNet’s national Executive Committee since 2021, helping to guide the association, make policy decisions, confirm new members, and provide thought leadership in advocacy and education. He currently serves on the Board of Governors for the organization’s Education Foundation.
Larry’s national reputation as a leading corporate and finance attorney spans more than three decades. Throughout his career, he has served as a trusted adviser to many banks, specialty finance companies, and private credit and equity funds. His exceptional work and leadership in these areas have earned him consistent recognition from Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, and The Legal 500 United States.
To learn more about SFNet’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards, please click here.
Larry's Hall of Fame profile, published by Secured Finance Network, is copied below and available here.
Larry Flick is vice chair of Blank Rome LLP and a partner in its fi nance practice. He represents and advises banks, fi nance companies, private equity and private credit funds and other institutional lenders in structuring and documenting fi nance transactions as well as handling loan workouts and restructurings.
Chambers USA has consistently ranked Larry as a leader in banking and fi nance law since its inception in 2003 with clients praising his transaction-oriented approach, effective strategy, and problems solving skills. He is a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and has served on the Executive Committee of SFNet since 2020. Larry was the 2010 recipient of the Harry H. Chen Memorial Instructor Award of Excellence presented by the Secured Finance Network in recognition of his outstanding contributions as an instructor in connection with programs enabling asset-based lending professionals to successfully navigate the legal mine fields they encounter.
How did you get your start in the industry?
I have been with Blank Rome my entire legal career. I clerked at the firm both summers while in law school and then started in the
fi rm’s business department working on corporate M&A and fi nance work in Philadelphia. Shortly after, the firm combined with a top bankruptcy and finance boutique located in Philadelphia led by top bankruptcy lawyers, Leon Forman and Ray Shapiro, and as a result formed a separate practice group focused on finance restructuring and bankruptcy. The combined firm represented all of the ABL players in the Philadelphia region and many nationally. Pennsylvania was the first state to adopt the Uniform Commercial Code, so the fi rm worked with many of those national asset-based lenders to revise their documents and procedures in order to comply with the code; and handled transactions for them in Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states. Philadelphia had a large manufacturing base, and the firm also represented secured lenders in many of the early bankruptcies under the bankruptcy code. As a young associate, we were all trained to handle not only front-end ABL work, but also workouts and bankruptcies. This training practice remains true for the group today.
What professional achievements are you most proud of?
I am most proud of the national finance restructuring and bankruptcy group that we have built at Blank Rome. We now have over 100 lawyers representing senior secured lenders located out of most of our 16 offices, including large groups in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Wilmington. I am also proud to have worked with and mentored many of the younger partners in our group. All three of our current practice group leaders started as associates in our group right out of law school. I have been involved in opening and building out most of our offices throughout the country outside of Philadelphia, starting with our New York office in 2000, where we now have over 200 lawyers and, most recently, our Boston office in 2024, where we now have 37 lawyers. We have successfully grown our team by adding many top finance and restructuring lawyers across our offices.
What role did SFNet, its events, and the connections you have made, play in your career development?
I was fortunate early in my career to have mentors at our firm and at several of our clients that were involved with what was then CFA (now SFNet) and attended my first annual SFNet convention in New York as a young associate in the mid-1980s. Over the years, I remained involved in SFNet on both the local and national level. I was invited to speak at several of the SFNet mid-year meetings that used to be held in Arizona and have attended every annual meeting since that very first meeting in New York. I regularly attend local chapter events in many of the cities where we have offices, and this past year, I have been at events held by the local Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and South Florida chapters. I have enjoyed serving as an instructor for several of the legal workshops that SFNet makes available to its members, as well as serving on various committees.
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