Brad Baldwin has 27 years of experience in lending transactions, corporate reorganization, financial workouts, loan restructurings, creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. One key to Brad’s expertise comes from understanding both sides of the table and his experience representing both borrowers and lenders in loan transactions and workout situations.
Brad frequently represents banks and financial institutions in most all facets of loan restructuring and recovery involving commercial borrowers. Providing both transactional and litigation services, Brad is experienced in loan document preparation, collection lawsuits, foreclosures, state court receiverships, garnishments, repossessions, and bankruptcy.
Brad’s expertise further includes guiding commercial businesses through financial restructurings, including out-of-court workouts and Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. He has served as lead counsel for the Chapter 11 financial reorganization of numerous companies, including a $100 million textile business, a $100 million rope manufacturer, and a $200 million retail chain of faith-based bookstores. Brad is a past Chairman of the Bankruptcy Section for the Atlanta Bar Association, and he represents a wide variety of constituencies in bankruptcy, including financial institutions, landlords, equipment lessors, suppliers, and government entities. Having personally conducted several bankruptcy auctions for the sale of entire companies, Brad is skilled in representing parties seeking to sell or acquire select assets or entire businesses in bankruptcy.
Brad spent over two decades at the Atlanta offices of very large or nationwide law firms, including Jones Day and Burr Forman. Brad was attracted to the ability of Hecht Walker’s attorneys to provide big firm expertise to clients with the hands on care and personal attention at smaller firm rates. Brad now joins the Hecht Walker tradition of providing hard and responsive work in a cost-efficient manner for our clients.