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Valinda Barrett Wolfert
Valinda Barrett Wolfert
Experience | Education | Recognition | Activities | Publications
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Biography
With over 24 years experience in corporate finance, Valinda has built her Dallas-based practice representing financial institutions, corporate lenders, and businesses in all types of financing arrangements including syndicated credit facilities and complex restructurings. Her passion includes assisting businesses with acquisition and working capital financings. As a result of her work on behalf of clients, Valinda has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as a leader in banking and finance law (2003 - 2007) and banking law (2008 - 2011); and by Texas Monthly as a "Super Lawyer" (2003 - 2011).
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Representative Experience
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- Counsels agents, bank groups and individual lenders in secured and unsecured commercial loan facilities including syndicated financings, acquisition financings, working capital loans, letter of credit financings, bank stock financings, asset-based financings, restructure/workout financings, debtor in possession facilities and complex intercreditor arrangements
- Represents public and private companies in many industry segments including consumer products and services, energy, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, transportation, commodities, and manufacturing in connection with their financing needs including establishing complex credit facilities
- Provides strategic counsel to clients on risks and liabilities of emerging legal theories and structures such as deepening insolvency, second lien financings and last out financings
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1984
- Wake Forest University, B.A. English, 1981
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1984; Georgia, 1984; New York, 2004
Professional Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America® in banking and finance law, 2003 - 2007, in banking law, 2008 - 2011
- Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers, 2003 - 2011
Activities and Affiliations
- Member: International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation; Loan Syndications and Trading Association; Texas Association of Bank Counsel; American Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association; The Women's Finance Exchange (President, 2001; Board of Directors, 1999-2002); Turnaround Management Association; Dallas Women's Foundation (Grants Committee, Fall 2000 and Spring 2005); Highland Park Independent School District Parent Organizations; United Way of Metropolitan Dallas (Grants Committee, Spring 2006)
- American Bar Association Committee Member: Deposit Account Control Agreement Task Force; Subcommittee on Financing Documentation; Uniform Commercial Code Committee; FAS 140 Subcommittee; Model Intercreditor Agreement Subcommittee
Publications and Presentations
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- “Credit Crunch,” Turnaround Management Association, September 2008
- "Corporate Governance and Sarbanes Oxley," Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, June 2005
- "Deepening Insolvency," University of Texas Bankruptcy Conference, November 2004
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Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3700
Dallas, TX 75201-2975
Tel +1.214.220.7843
Fax +1.214.999.7843
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