Craig Ganz

Craig S. Ganz is a partner with Ballard Spahr LLP in Phoenix and Los Angeles, and co-leads its Non-Bank Lending Team in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Industry Group. He is focused primarily in the areas of real property, restaurant/hospitality, and finance/banking law. His experience also encompasses significant trial work on both the state and federal levels. Recently, Mr. Ganz has focused his efforts on assisting clients with (COVID-19-related) distressed asset workouts on the banking and real estate side. As it relates to his real estate and finance practice, he frequently counsels clients on strategies ranging from asset acquisition and dispositions to leveraged transactions on both the buy and sell side. He often consults with private-equity groups, REITs, hotel operators and family offices to establish<br>internal and external strategies in order to implement a formal protocol to manage the transactional-side acquisition and disposition processes. He also handles pre-litigation workouts for financial institutions and various real estate entities as it relates to distressed-asset scenarios. On the litigation front, Mr. Ganzdefends and prosecutes actions on behalf of corporate clients, including hotels, REITs, private-equity groups and commercial real estate entities, along with balance-sheet and nontraditional lenders and borrowers. These litigation matters typically involve distressed assets, lender-liability claims, fraud actions, securities law violations, RICO actions, enforcement of real estate leases, broker commissions, enforcement of real property purchase agreements, enforcement of commercial contract guarantees, deficiency actions, loan default actions, garnishments, judgment enforcement proceedings and fraudulent transfer actions. In his reorganization practice, he guides clients in prominent retail bankruptcy proceedings.He also represents corporate creditors and debtors, advising clients on debtor financing issues, § 363asset purchases, avoidance and preference actions, stay proceedings and claim analysis. In addition, he actively manages the national bankruptcy portfolios of several publicly traded clients and conducts in-house training for finance departments in order to eliminate or reduce insolvency risk. Mr. Ganz regularly represents creditors’ committees and counsels clients on receivership-related issues. He received his B.A. in 1997 from the University of Arizona and his J.D. in 2001 from Southwestern Law School.