Walter

A. Buchanan

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500 N. Akard Street, Suite 4000
Dallas, TX 75201-6605

Overview

Walter represents lenders and borrowers in complex domestic and international financing transactions, as well as in other banking and corporate matters. Walter’s practice is concentrated in structuring, negotiating and documenting complex commercial lending, structured finance and asset finance transactions, as well as structuring, negotiating and documenting complex distressed debt refinancings and workouts.

Walter has been involved in representing various domestic and international lenders and borrowers in senior and subordinated, secured and unsecured, single lender and syndicated loan facility transactions. In addition, he has substantial experience in representing syndicated lenders in the refinancing or workout of domestic and international loan facilities involving borrowers in the areas of electric power generation, oil and gas production and storage and commodities financing.

Walter also has experience in general corporate matters, consisting of corporate governance and compliance, as well as significant experience in security/collateral issues under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code; debt trading under The Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Inc.; and the structuring, negotiating and documenting of stand-by letters of credit.

In addition, Walter is a native Spanish speaker, reader and writer (specifically, Mexican dialect). Walter is licensed to practice law in the states of Texas (since 2004) and New York (since 1997).

Education

Admissions

Achievements

Woodward/White, Inc. – Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law (2022-2024)

  • Memberships

    • Dallas Bar Association
    • State Bar of Texas
    • Turnaround Management Association
  • Languages

    • Spanish

Overview

Walter represents lenders and borrowers in complex domestic and international financing transactions, as well as in other banking and corporate matters. Walter’s practice is concentrated in structuring, negotiating and documenting complex commercial lending, structured finance and asset finance transactions, as well as structuring, negotiating and documenting complex distressed debt refinancings and workouts.

Walter has been involved in representing various domestic and international lenders and borrowers in senior and subordinated, secured and unsecured, single lender and syndicated loan facility transactions. In addition, he has substantial experience in representing syndicated lenders in the refinancing or workout of domestic and international loan facilities involving borrowers in the areas of electric power generation, oil and gas production and storage and commodities financing.

Walter also has experience in general corporate matters, consisting of corporate governance and compliance, as well as significant experience in security/collateral issues under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code; debt trading under The Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Inc.; and the structuring, negotiating and documenting of stand-by letters of credit.

In addition, Walter is a native Spanish speaker, reader and writer (specifically, Mexican dialect). Walter is licensed to practice law in the states of Texas (since 2004) and New York (since 1997).

Experience

  • Administrative Agent / Lender Representation

    Represented a major financial institution in its capacity as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent involving a lending

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  • Lender Representation

    Represented a major financial institution in its capacity as a lender and predecessor administrative and collateral agent on a $360 MM syndicated loan facility to a

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  • Lender Representation

    Represented a major financial institution in its capacity as a lender in a $30 MM syndicated loan facility to a midstream service business that specialized in the purchase and

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