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Mr. 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.
In recent years, Mr. Brody chartered the chapter 11 financing and exit strategy for the agents and syndicate lenders in Tri Valley Growers ($450,000,000) and Tower Records ($100,000,000), and has served as lead counsel for lenders and creditors in numerous other bankruptcy matters involving film production (The Incredible Hulk), interstate trucking (Nationway Transport), pharmaceutical distribution (MedNet Pharmaceuticals), apparel manufacturing (Converse Shoes), apparel retail (Strouds, Factory 2 U, Kmart), credit card financing (The Credit Store), rental car agencies (Rent 4 Less), furniture manufacturing (American Molding and Millworks), literary publishing (Intervisual Books), and motor vehicle dealerships (Nationwide Auction Systems), among others.
William Brody serves as the co-chair of the Financial Solutions Group at Buchalter Nemer. Mr. Brody is a routine lecturer at the Commercial Finance Association’s annual financial workout and bankruptcy seminars, as well as a frequent speaker at many other presentations before trade organizations and bar associations. Mr. Brody is a member of the California State Bar, and has represented clients in matters throughout the United States, including Delaware, New York, New Jersey, South Dakota, Nevada, Arizona, and Washington.
Mr. Brody earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at UCLA (Economics and Geography) in 1984 and his law degree from the University of San Diego in 1988, where he received the American Jurisprudence Aware in Bankruptcy and served as the Managing Editor of the San Diego Law Review.
Prior to his law career, Mr. Brody worked as a banker at Far West Savings and Loan.
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