William S. Schwartz

Bill is a partner in the Banking & Finance Service Group, and concentrates his practice on representing borrowers and lenders in financial services, litigation (including bankruptcy) and workouts. Bill’s borrower and lending work focuses on middle-market financings through asset-based and real estate related loans. Bill’s workout matters typically include deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, forbearance agreements, negotiating guaranties or other settlement type agreements. Bill represents mezzanine lenders, and lenders in loan participations as well as co-lender deals. Bill also represents receivers in foreclosure cases, buyers and sellers at UCC sales, buyers from assignees for the benefit of creditors, and buyers of notes and mortgages.

Bill regularly gives seminars on loan documentation and workouts for clients, the National Business Institute, and Lorman Education Services. He is also a winner of the American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy. Bill recently co-authored the chapter “Federal Court Receiverships” in the book Strategic Alternatives for Distressed Businesses (Thompson-West 2010) and an article in Buyouts Magazine entitled “Buying Distressed Assets Outside of Bankruptcy” (Thomson Reuters, June, 2010).