William S. Brody provides legal and strategic advice to financial institutions, lenders, creditors, hedge funds, purchasers, and investors in the documentation, structuring and recovery of loans, securitizations and other types of financing and strategic investments. Mr. Brody's particular approach to addressing difficult and troubled credit situations and corporate restructurings is to provide creative, pragmatic and cost effective alternatives and solutions to maximize his clients' recoveries and investments.

During his many years of experience in bankruptcy and distressed debt situations, Mr. Brody has developed extensive experience in debtor-in-possession financing, bankruptcy protection, loan workout and negotiations, and collateral recovery and asset acquisitions through sale and purchase transactions, real estate and Article 9 foreclosure sales, and special purpose vehicles. Mr. Brody's practice has involved a wide array of asset based financing and corporate transactions, including film production and entertainment, retail, manufacturing and distribution, international trade, floor planning, bank acquisitions, and real estate.

Mr. Brody chartered the chapter 11 financing and exit strategy for the agents and syndicate lenders in Tri Valley Growers ($450 million) and Tower Records ($100 million).

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law, J.D.
• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., Economics and Geography

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Moves to Lowest COVID Tier in California, Begins Process of Reopening Non-Essential Offices; Other Bay Area Counties Slower to Follow

  By William Brody |November 2020

• William Brody Speaks at the Commercial Finance Association
• William Brody, Speaker at the Los Angeles County Bar Association
• William Brody, Speaker at the California Bankruptcy Forum Conference
• William Schoenholz and Bill Brody to present a CLE teleseminar on UCC Foreclosures