William S. Schwartz

Tel

312.476.7887

Fax

312.346.8434

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Bill is a partner in the Banking & Finance Service Group, and concentrates his practice on representing lenders and borrowers in financial services, litigation (including bankruptcy) and workouts. Bill’s lending and borrower work focuses on middle-market financing through asset-based and real estate related loans including financing through the New Markets Tax Credit Program. 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 2008).