Distressed Property, Workouts and Restructuring

Knowledgeable assistance with distressed property deals

Hartman Simons has an established practice supporting transactions involving all facets of distressed real estate. Our multi-disciplinary team has deep legal and business expertise in evaluating the opportunities and addressing the challenges created by today's currently evolving real estate market. We are uniquely qualified to advise and assist property owners, investors, lenders, retailers and special loan servicers in a broad range of transactions.

Our attorneys are leaders in their respective practice areas and possess experience in real estate, bankruptcy, litigation, land use and environmental matters, government relations and construction law. That experience enables Hartman Simons to analyze, negotiate and craft creative settlements and transaction structures as part of our national, commercial real estate practice.

In particular, our attorneys provide assistance to clients in the following areas:

Successful experience keeps pace with recent developments

Hartman Simons' recent representative transactions in the distressed property arena includes:

• A regional bank in:
  • Foreclosure and other enforcement action
  • Bulk sale of REO assets
    • Residential lots
    • Raw land
    • Commercial assets
  • Sale of non-performing notes
• An equity group in all facets of enforcing and managing its recent acquisition of a billion dollar loan portfolio from the FDIC
• The FDIC
  • Workouts
  • Debt restructurings
  • Enforcement actions
• Borrowers in the negotiation of loan workouts, including:
  • Debt restructurings
  • Short-sales
  • Deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions
  • Other structured settlements
• Special loan servicers in the lease-up and repositioning of large retail real estate projects

Business solutions from a trusted partner

Our clients value our attorneys' business acumen as much as they do their outstanding legal credentials, and appreciate the attentive service our firm consistently provides.  Access the power of a legal partner you can rely upon to understand your business objective and help you get it done.  Contact Hartman Simons online or call 770.955.3555.