Overview
Alan applies substantial experience to representing administrative agents and collateral agents in syndicated credit facilities and other financial institutions in secured lending transactions.
Representative Experience
Bankruptcies
- MGTF Radio Company, LLC (E.D. Mo.): Representation of administrative agent and lenders with $62 million in debt claims in chapter 11 case of radio station holding companies
- Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. (D. Minn): Representation of administrative agent and lender in a $65 million credit facility in chapter 11 case of an oil transloading facility
- Crescent Resources, LLC (W.D. Tex.): Representation of administrative agent in an approximately $1.5 billion syndicated facility and $110 million debtor in possession financing facility in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of a large real estate developer and its affiliates
- Wood Structures, Inc. (Me.): Representation of administrative agent for lenders with over $25 million of secured and unsecured claims in the chapter 7 bankruptcy case of a manufacturer and distributer of manufactured wood products
- Big West Oil, LLC (Del.): Representation of administrative agent for senior secured lenders on a $120MM revolving credit facility in the chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a Utah based oil refinery
- Crown Pacific L.P. (Ariz.): Representation of agent for syndicate of lenders with $200 million in exposure in negotiating confirmed creditors' plan for debtor timber company. Prepetition, negotiated major restructure involving significant additional collateral coverage, $78 million pay-down and resolution of difficult intercreditor issues with private placement note holders holding $250 million of senior debt
Workouts
- Specialty Chemical: Representation of administrative agent and lenders in a debt-for-equity restructuring of $130 million term loan facility with a specialty chemical manufacturer
- Healthcare: Representation of administrative agent and lenders in restructuring a $90 million credit facility to an MSO for a regional hospital system
- Window Manufacturer: Representation of administrative agent for first lien lenders in a debt-for-equity restructuring of $220 million first lien credit facility and $90 million second lien credit facility involving approximately 100 lenders
- Window Manufacturer: Representation of administrative agent for senior lenders in restructuring of $700 million credit facility and negotiation of collateral sharing agreement with senior note holders holding $600 million in obligations
- Automobile Dealer: Representation of secured lender in connection with workout of approximately $65 million owed by an automobile dealer
- Automobile Dealer: Representation of secured lender in connection with workout of approximately $30 million owed by an automobile dealer
- Light Manufacturing: Representation of administrative agent for lenders in debt for equity restructuring of approximately $275 million in senior secured financing to borrower in the building products industry
- Marketing: Representation of secured senior and mezzanine lender to direct mail marketing company involving a debt-for-equity restructuring and resulting change of control in favor of lenders
- Healthcare: Representation of mezzanine lender to national chain of sleep clinics resulting in a debt-for-equity restructuring and resulting change of control in favor of lenders
Notable
Notable
- Chambers USA - North Carolina, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2009-2023
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2006-2024
- Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Bankruptcy, 2005, 2008, 2014-2016, 2022-2023
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business, 2006, 2009-2021, 2023
- Martindale-Hubbell, North Carolina Top Rated Lawyer
- Clerked for Chief Judge Henry Politz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Named a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar and First Honor Graduate at Emory University
- Senior Lecturing Fellow at the Duke University School of Law
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Affiliations
Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
Education
J.D., Emory University, 1994; Articles Editor, Emory Law Journal; First Honor Graduate
M.S., Northwestern University, 1992; Thesis: "The influence of mixing on the microstructure of the cement paste/aggregate interfacial zone"; Published The Journal of Materials Science
B.S., Clemson University, 1989, summa cum laude
Admissions
- North Carolina, 1994