Practice Expertise

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' ...
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ ...
  • Blockchain

Areas of Practice

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' ...
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ ...
  • Blockchain
  • Blockchain and Digital Assets
  • Consumer Financial Compliance and Litigation
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Finance and Restructuring
  • FinTech
  • Litigation
  • Marketplace Lending and FinTech
  • Structured Finance and Securitization
  • Transaction Processing
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Profile

Greg focuses his practice on bankruptcy, reorganization and structured financial transactions.

Greg also frequently addresses bankruptcy risks through the structuring of transactions out of bankruptcy, including asset sales, loan transactions and securitized transactions. During the course of his more than thirty-year career, he has represented debtors, unsecured creditor committees, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, purchasers of assets and parties to leases and executory contracts. While Greg’s practice is “industry agnostic,” he has had a particular emphasis within the Firm’s core industry groups, especially financial services and retail and consumer products.

In addition to his bankruptcy practice, Greg advises financial services clients on many aspects of consumer protection law compliance and litigation. With the advance of technology resulting in new payment methods and new business platforms, Greg’s practice has evolved to emphasize issues relating to payments. As technology continues to alter the means of conducting business with consumers, Greg provides guidance to financial institutions as they navigate the legal issues relating to the developing payment options.

Greg shares his experience and knowledge of bankruptcy issues as a frequent author of articles and speaker at seminars and conferences. Greg is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeal for the Second, Fifth, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits, the US District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas, the District of Delaware, and the Texas and Delaware Supreme Courts. Greg has also represented parties pro hac vice in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States.

Relevant Bankruptcy Experience

  • Represented Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in fractional life settlement company bankruptcy case in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Represented specialty retail company in its prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Represented community bank in its capacity as a farm production lender in the bankruptcy case of a grain elevator and food processing company.
  • Represented engineering procurement and construction company in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Represented fin-tech company in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Northern District of Texas.
  • Represented chain of skilled nursing facilities and senior care centers in out-of-court restructuring.
  • Represented national bank that issues private label and cobranded credit cards in restructurings and bankruptcies of retail companies.
  • Represented national bank in the bankruptcy cases of several energy exploration and production companies.
  • Represented hotel franchising company in the bankruptcy cases of several hotel operators.
  • Represented national grocery store chain in connection with strategic acquisitions and depositions.
  • Represented national chain of home improvement stores in strategic acquisitions.
  • Represented grocery distribution and trucking company in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of customers and suppliers.
  • Represented the agent for a secured creditor group in an out-of-court workout of a multi-state convenience store chain.
  • Represented pre-petition secured lender and debtor in possession lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Central District of California of importer and distributor of craft products.
  • Represented the secured creditor in an out-of-court workout of a $375 Million loan secured by a portfolio of commercial real estate.
  • Represented subprime lender in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware and successfully confirmed a plan of liquidation that resulted in creditors receiving near payment in full.
  • Represented senior secured lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Middle District of Tennessee of non-profit manufacturer of food stuffs sold to the federal government.
  • Represented senior secured lender in Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Texas of food processing and storage company.
  • Represented successor first lien agent and collateral trustee of a $480 million credit faculty in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of textile manufacturer and retailer filed in the Southern District of New York. Representation has included activities relating to the sale of substantially all the assets in the bankruptcy court, related appeals to the district court and court of appeals and proceedings in the Delaware Chancery Court.
  • Represented lender in $100 million debtor in possession loan in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of an international hotel conglomerate filed in the District of New Jersey.
  • Represented pre-petition and debtor in possession lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a group of 63 companies operating a member travel service filed in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  • Represented holders of enhanced equipment trust certificates in the bankruptcy cases of numerous airlines.
  • Represented primary vendor in the bankruptcy cases of numerous convenience store chains.
  • Represented securitization trusts in the bankruptcy cases of numerous hospitality bankruptcy cases.
  • Represented primary secured lender in numerous single asset real estate bankruptcy cases.
  • Represented secured and unsecured creditors, including banks, securitized trusts, and trade creditors in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Represented holders of intellectual property rights in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Structured financial transaction areas - assisted numerous borrowers, including REIT’s, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, etc. and lenders with the documentation of securitized transactions.

Relevant Consumer Protection and Payments Experience

  • Advises a national bank with regard to general payments legal advice, including issues arising from check transactions, ACH transactions, debit card transactions, credit card transactions and wire transfers.
  • Advises various banks about customer lending practices and payment system compliance as such relates to the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), Regulation E, the NACHA Rules.
  • Conducted a fraudulent ACH payment policy and procedures analysis for a national bank.
  • Advises a national bank with regard to issues arising from the Durbin Amendment to Dodd Frank.
  • Conducted a mock examination of the mortgage origination policies and procedures of a national bank to confirm compliance with the CFPB’s combined Truth In Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act disclosure rule (or the “Know Before You Owe” rule).
  • Advises subprime auto lender on electronic payment and money transmission issues.
  • Advises consumer leasing company on transactional and payment compliance relating to EFTA and Reg E.
  • Represented national bank in the due diligence of potential borrower’s compliance with EFTA and Reg E.
  • Represented community bank with regard to residential mortgage loss mitigation processes.

Bar Admissions

  • Texas
  • Delaware

Education
BBA, Southern Methodist University, cum laude, 1986

Areas of Practice

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights
  • Blockchain
  • Blockchain and Digital Assets
  • Consumer Financial Compliance and Litigation
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Finance and Restructuring
  • FinTech
  • Litigation
  • Marketplace Lending and FinTech
  • Structured Finance and Securitization
  • Transaction Processing

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Represented the agent for a secured creditor group in an out-of-court workout of a multi-state convenience store chain.
  • Represented pre-petition secured lender and debtor in possession lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Central District of California of importer and distributor of craft products.
  • Represented the secured creditor in an out-of-court workout of a $375 Million loan secured by a portfolio of commercial real estate.
  • Represented subprime lender in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware and successfully confirmed a plan of liquidation that resulted in creditors receiving near payment in full.
  • Represented senior secured lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Middle District of Tennessee of non-profit manufacturer of food stuffs sold to the federal government.
  • Represented senior secured lender in Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Texas of food processing and storage company.
  • Represented successor first lien agent and collateral trustee of a $480 million credit faculty in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of textile manufacturer and retailer filed in the Southern District of new York. Representation has included activities relating to the sale of substantially all the assets in the bankruptcy court, related appeals to the district court and court appeals and proceedings in the Delaware Chancery Court.
  • Represented lender in $100 million debtor in possession loan in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of an international hotel conglomerate filed in the District of New Jersey.
  • Represented pre-petition and debtor in possession lender in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a group of 63 companies operating a member travel service filed in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  • Represented holders of enhanced equipment trust certificates in the bankruptcy cases of numerous airlines.
  • Represented primary vendor in the bankruptcy cases of numerous convenience store chains.
  • Represented securitization trusts in the bankruptcy cases of numerous hospitality bankruptcy cases.
  • Represented primary secured lender in numerous single asset real estate bankruptcy cases.
  • Representing secured and unsecured creditors, including banks, securitized trusts, and trade creditors in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Representing holders of intellectual property rights in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Structured financial transaction areas - assisted numerous borrowers, including REIT’s, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, etc. and lenders with the documentation of securitized transactions.


Professional Associations
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Contributing Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Dallas Bar Association

Professional Activities and Experience
  • 2014 Top 100 Turnaround & Restructuring Atlas Award Winner - Consumer Goods Turnaround of the Year
  • 2013 Section 363 Sale of the Year ($100 million to $1 billion) award by the M&A Advisors at its 8th Annual Turnaround Awards
  • Inducted into the Rossville High School Hall of Fame
  • Recipient of Distinguished Board Service Award from Promise House, Inc.
  • Recipient of Diane Payne Shaw Memorial Volunteer Award from Promise Houses, Inc.


Articles

  • Pre-Petition Waivers of the Automatic Stay: Still No Certainty as to Their Enforceability, ABI Journal
  • Fifth Circuit Protects Secured Creditor, Banking News
  • Pre-Petition Waivers of the Automatic Stay: Lender Satisfaction Not Guaranteed, Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice
  • CFPB In-House Judges May Be Next to Come Under Scrutiny, Law360
  • Fifth Circuit Holds Difficult Economic Circumstances Insufficient To Claim Duress; Lenders Entitled To Threaten To Exercise Contractual Rights As Negotiating Leverage, The Banking Law Journal
  • What Purdue Ch. 11 Means For Future Of Third-Party Releases, Law360
  • Where Are We Now: A Look at the EFTA’s Prohibition of Compulsory Payments of Loans by Electronic Fund Transfers, The Banking Law Journal
  • No Discharge for Failure to Make Percentage Distributions to Unsecureds, ABI Journal
  • How to Compute 'New Value' in Light of Post-Petition Critical Vendor and Section 503(b)(9) Payments, Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • Silence as Deemed Consent to Voluntary Third-Party Releases in a Chapter 11 Plan, ABI Journal
  • No Taxation With Confirmation, American Bankruptcy Institute Real Estate Committee Newsletter
  • Should a Secured Creditor’s Silence be Deemed Acceptance of a Chapter 13 Plan? ABI Journal
  • The Best Interest of Creditors Test, And Why All Those Math Classes Weren't a Total Waste After All, 27 ABI Journal 32
  • Who Has the Right to Prosecute a Securitized Mortgage in Bankruptcy Court? 28 ABI Journal 16
  • How Choice Act Would Change Agency Rule-Making Authority, Law360
  • Courts Begin Interpreting New Due Diligence Requirements For Trustees Before Filing Preference Actions, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • 2 Takeaways From 3rd Circ.'s J&J Bankruptcy Ruling, Law360
  • Failed LBOs, Recovering Payments To Shareholders, Law360
  • 2nd Circ. Favors Appellees Under Equitable Mootness, Law360
  • In a Bankruptcy Sale Free and Clear of Liens, Claims, and Interests, the First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Adopts an Expansive Definition of the Term “Interest,” Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • When Contracts Spontaneously Multiply; How To Deal With Bifurcation and Integration Issues Under § 365, ABI Journal
  • The CFPB Issues Rule Prohibiting Certain Arbitration Clauses, Payments Journal
  • Eleventh Circuit Holds Payment of Section 503(b)(9) Administrative Expense Claims Do Not Reduce Subsequent New Value Preference Defense, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • Fifth Circuit Requires More than Notice to Extinguish Lien Through Plan Confirmation, Texas Law Book
  • Clearing a Path for FinTechs to Navigate Through the State Licensing, PaymentsJournal
  • No Sole Method in Determining Cramdown Interest Rate in Chapter 11, The Texas Lawbook
  • How Problem Easements Can Limit Sale Rights, ABI Journal
  • Tenth and Eleventh Circuits Address Dismissal as Moot Under 11 U.S.C § 363(m) of Appeals Relating to Asset Sales, Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • Tenth Circuit Affirms Order Allowing Debtor to Use Oversecured Creditor’s Cash Collateral to Pay Professionals, The Banking Law Journal
  • Second Circuit Upholds the Designation of Claim Purchaser's Vote on DBSD Plan, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • Eighth Circuit Affirms that Perpetual Royalty–Free Trademark License Was an Executory Contract, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal
  • Is the 5th Circuit Eyeing a Knockout Blow to Pro-Snax? The Texas Lawbook
  • Analysis: How New Bankruptcy Rules Will Impact Financial Institutions, Texas Lawbook
  • Eighth Circuit, In Rehearing En Banc, Reverses Earlier Decision that Perpetual Royalty-Free Trademark License Was An Executory Contract, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  • Community Chest: Does the Co-Debtor Stay Extend to Debts Incurred Solely by the Nondebtor Spouse?, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Reform of the CFPB Through the Financial Choice Act, PaymentsJournal
  • Foreseeable Harm Is Not Enough: Supreme Court Rejects Eleventh Circuit’s Relaxed Interpretation of Proximate Cause for Lending Discrimination Claims, Banking Law Journal
  • Circuit Split Developing Over Modification of Mortgages on Mixed-Use Properties, Banking Law Journal

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