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Eric Walker focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial litigation, financial restructuring, and bankruptcy, including experience representing debtors, creditors, asset purchasers, examiners, and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings throughout the country. Eric has significant experience in the highly regulated healthcare industry, representing debtors, creditor committees, private equity sponsors, stalking horse bidders, landlords, and other constituents in out-of-court restructuring negotiations, bankruptcy, and litigation. He has particular experience in restructuring hospital systems, senior living facilities, continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), behavioral health centers, and diagnostic medical laboratories. His successful representation of the asset purchaser in the Health Diagnostic Laboratories (HDL) bankruptcy case was awarded the 2016 Restructuring Deal of the Year (Under $100M) by M&A Advisors.
Eric also has experience in the hotel and hospitality industry, regularly representing hotel owners, developers, operators, lenders, and major hotel brands in transactions, state and federal litigation, and bankruptcy. He represented the petitioners before the U.S. Supreme Court in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank (Case No. 11-166), a landmark chapter 11 bankruptcy case involving secured creditor cram down.
Eric has been recognized as a leading bankruptcy practitioner by Chambers USA, Lawdragon, and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He was also named one of 40 Under Forty restructuring professionals by the American Bankruptcy Institute. Eric currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Advisory Board for the Annual ABI Central States Bankruptcy Workshop. He served as faculty member and author for the PLI 17th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute, and frequently writes and speaks on issues of bankruptcy, hospitality, and healthcare law.
