Grayson T. Walter

Grayson T. Walter is a member of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC in Syracuse, N.Y., where he protects and advances the interests of companies and their stakeholders in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, with a special focus on the debtor/creditor relationship and the turnaround and restructuring of businesses and organizations experiencing operational turmoil, financial distress or insolvency. He regularly provides his clients with legal counsel and strategic ad-vice in connection with in-court and out-of-court reorganizations, corporate governance and structure, debt- and equity-financing and recapitalization, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, buyouts and other change-of-control transactions, as well as general commercial and contractual matters.Mr. Walter has represented debtors, equity sponsors, institutional lenders, senior secured, subordinated and unsecured creditors, official committees, franchisees, licensees and bond insurers in a wide variety of bankruptcy proceedings (including bankruptcy-related litigation), receiverships and workouts throughout the U.S., including negotiating debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing on be-half of debtors and lenders; negotiating and confirming chapter 11 plans of reorganization (including prearranged plans); representing buyers and sellers of distressed business assets in transactions under § 363 and Article 9 of the UCC; prosecuting and defending actions to recover preferential or fraudulent transfers, including successfully defending multiple colleges, universities and other educational institutions against tuition clawback attempts; achieving recognition of critical vendor status and pre-confirmation payment of pre-petition trade debt; and achieving court approval of post petition management incentive bonus payments. He also has experience representing public and private companies engaged in a wide variety of industries and activities, including private in-vestment, finance, manufacturing, technology, health care, transportation and logistics, energy, construction and retail. Mr. Walter has worked extensively with many higher-education institutions and other nonprofit organizations. He is secretary and trustee of the Central New York Bankruptcy BarAssociation and sits on the board of directors of the Onondaga County Assigned Counsel Program.Mr. Walter received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.