William Schoenholz
Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5004
fax      (213) 630-5654
email wschoenholz@buchalter.com
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Biography

William Schoenholz is a Shareholder in the firm’s Bank and Finance Practice Group, a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and the Marketing Committee Board Liaison. He has extensive experience in complex domestic and international financing transactions, representing banks, commercial finance companies, funds and other institutional investors. He has structured, negotiated, and documented a wide variety of financing arrangements ranging from acquisition financing (including leverage buyouts and the financing of tender offers), bridge financing, and working capital financing. These transactions typically involve multi-facility secured credit arrangements that often include multiple borrowers and cross-border elements. Mr. Schoenholz also has considerable experience representing agents in syndicated and club loan transactions and in negotiating and documenting various inter-creditor arrangements. In addition to Mr. Schoenholz’s “front-end” practice, he often represents lenders in workouts and forbearance arrangements. In connection with this, he has substantial experience in private and public foreclosure sales, as well as strict foreclosures, under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Mr. Schoenholz is a member of both the Financial Lawyers Conference and the Business Law Section of the California State Bar. He is recognized by Chambers USA (2009 and 2010): Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual in Banking & Finance.

Representative Matters

Counsel for Agent in Syndicated $400 Million Credit Facility

Counsel for Agent in Club Tender-Offer Financing

Counsel for Lender in Acquisition of Corporation with International Subsidiaries

Counsel for First Lien Lender in Negotiation of Intercreditor Agreement

Counsel for Lender in Forbearance and Liquidation Agreements

Counsel for Lender in Foreclosures Sales under Article 9 of UCC

Recent Publications and Presentations

Special Assets Management Association Conference Panelist, May 2010

National Teleseminar, “UCC Foreclosures,” April 2009, June 2009, December 2009 and June 2010

National Teleseminar, “Forbearance, Liquidation of Foreclosure,” March 2009

National Teleseminar, “UCC Foreclosures: Protecting Creditors' and Borrowers' Interests,” February 2009

Los Angeles County Bar Association Panelist , “Intercreditor Agreements,” May 2007

Co-author, "Avoiding Lender Liability in Foreclosures," ABF Journal, May 2007

Co-author, "Avoiding Lender Liability in Foreclosures," ABF Journal, May 2006

Financial Lawyers Conference Panelist – “What if they don’t file for Bankruptcy,” December 2005

Co-author, "New Issues for Workouts under Revised Article 9," Business Workouts Manual, November 2003

He actively supports a number of non-profit organizations and charities, and serves on the Board of Inner-City Arts. Mr. Schoenholz is also a competitive golfer (low single digit index). He was the overall Winner of 2008 Kikuya Classic (Riviera Country Club), Top Flight Winner 2008 Roundtable Classic (Hillcrest Country Club) and National Finalist in 2008 Bentley Continental Cup.

Mr. Schoenholz earned his J.D. at the University of Southern California Law Center and his B.A. in Business Economics with High Honors at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Areas of Practice

• Loan Documentation
• Secured Lending
• First Lien/Second Lien Credit Facilities
• Uniform Commercial Code - Articles 8 and 9
• Inter-creditor agreements
• Workouts and Restructuring
• Foreclosures on Collateral (Private, Public and Strict)
• DIP Financing
• Bank and Finance

Bar Admissions

• California