Alan H. Martin

Alan Martin is a partner and co-chair of the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group and specializes in commercial finance law, corporate restructuring, asset acquisition and disposition, bankruptcy, workouts, enforcement of creditors rights and remedies, and related commercial litigation.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Martin's expertise includes extensive work in bankruptcy and state courts, as well as structured finance documentation in such industries as commercial real estate, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, hospitality and recreation. He represents special servicers, creditors committees, secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, landlords, federal receivers, equipment lessors and debtors, along with various parties in municipal restructurings.  

Education

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1987
• B.A., University of Virginia, 1984, high honors

Admissions

• U.S. District Courts for Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts
• Supreme Court of the United States

Representative Clients

Bank of America; General Electric Capital Corporation; CIT Group; Taylor Made Golf; Berkadia Commercial Mortgage; Agricultural Bank of Taiwan; Societe Commerciale Euro-Taiwanaise; Marquette Capital; Taichung Commercial Bank; California Portland Cement Company; Mercury Cable; The Catholic Diocese of Orange; Orange County Department of Education

Representative Matters

• Represented the Catholic Diocese of Orange in the successful, contested acquisition of the Crystal Cathedral site and 30 acre campus from the Chapter 11 estate of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries.
• Represented creditors committee and subcommittee in Chapter 9 municipal insolvency proceedings of the County of Orange, California.
• Represented agent bank on loan workout, bankruptcy, enforcement of creditor's rights, lien litigation, guarantor proceedings and related REO sales concerning several large syndicated commercial loans to a national residential developer.
• Represented agent bank on a large, syndicated loan concerning a partially completed ski resort hotel complex in Northern California.  The representation entailed creditor's rights enforcement as to numerous obligors in bankruptcy proceedings, related state court receivership proceedings and extensive lien litigation.
• Represented agent bank on loan workout, extensive land use issues, enforcement of creditor's rights, and lien and guarantor litigation concerning a series of syndicated and participated loans made to a large national official shopping mall developer in Southern California.
• Represented federal receiver in SEC receivership proceedings concerning an illegal investment program which victimized over 1,000 investors nationwide. Representation entailed, among other things, disposition of extensive resort-related real estate holdings in several states, pursuit of litigation against various company officials and development of a distribution plan to the investors.
• Represented health care lenders concerning loan workouts, receiverships and creditor's rights enforcement of rights and remedies concerning a series of clinic, hospital and senior care locations.
• Represented creditors committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of large home improvement retailer House2Home, which entailed disposition of extensive inventory and commercial real estate holdings and related issues throughout the Western United States.
• Represented existing lender in successful, heavily contested "new value" equity acquisition of Chapter 11 reorganized multi-family real estate debtors. The debtors owned several large apartment complexes in four states and the court-approved acquisition by the secured lender-related entity occurred over the objection of the old equity holders.
• Represented equipment lessor in Chapter 11 proceedings of office supply store chain, including successful trial result concerning "true lease" treatment of the agreements concerning the extensive equipment involved.

Honors

• Leading Practitioner in Corporate Restructuring, Legal 500 US
• Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, 2007-2013
• 2012 "Best in Sales" SPIRE Award, Commercial Real Estate Women, Orange County Chapter, February 2013 for the Catholic Diocese of Orange's acquisition of the Crystal Cathedral Campus

Memberships

• Former President, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 1997-1998
• Former Board of Directors, California Bankruptcy Forum, 1997-2000
• Member, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
• Member, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
• Member, Orange County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Screening Committee, Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California, 1991-1993, 2000
• Former President, Orange County Chapter of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, 1989-1995
• Board of Directors, Regional Center of Orange County, 2006-2012, Secretary 2011-2012

Articles

• Co-Author of California Mechanics Liens and Related Construction Remedies (4th ed Cal CEB 2012)
• "What Do The 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments Mean For The Healthcare Industry?" June 22, 2005
  

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Law Blog Articles

• "Chapter 9 - California and Federal Bankruptcy Law/Relative Bargaining Positions," June 29, 2012
• "What Do the Bankruptcy Amendments Mean for the Healthcare Industry?", June 11, 2005
• "So Your Customer Filed for Bankruptcy Protection: What to Expect Under the New Bankruptcy Act", May 19, 2005

Speeches

• He is frequent speaker on various banking, commercial law, bankruptcy and healthcare topics.