Eric Werrenrath

Eric’s practice is focused in the areas of creditors' rights, commercial real estate lending, commercial bankruptcy, and business litigation. He has broad experience representing lenders through all stages of commercial lending, including originating commercial loans for local and national banks and credit unions, restructuring loans before and after default, working out distressed loans, and enforcing defaulted loans through litigation and arbitration, and obtaining and collecting judgments. 

Eric represents creditors, including local and national lending institutions in various proceedings, such as commercial foreclosures, actions to enforce guaranties in state and federal courts, deficiency judgment proceedings, arbitrations, bankruptcy, and assignment for the benefit of creditors. He has also represented numerous commercial lenders in negotiating, drafting and closing complex transactions, including sales and assignments of commercial loans, loan renewals, loan modifications, loan extensions, loan forbearances, and settlements.

Experience

• Represented lender in contested arbitration action regarding enforcement of guaranties securing low income housing tax credit financing and successfully obtained $4,500,000.00 arbitration award
• Represented lenders enforcing and collecting multiple federal and state court judgments totaling in excess of $10,000,000.00
• Represented lender in foreclosure of low income housing tax credit property and resulting deficiency action
• Represented lender in complex loan restructuring and subsequent foreclosure action and settlement of seven related commercial loans totaling in excess of $33,000,000.00
• Represented lender in loan forbearance and subsequent workout of two related commercial loans totaling over $20,000,000.00
• Represented lender on a syndicated loan facility involving in complex restructuring of renewing and cross-collateralizing nine related commercial loans totaling in excess of $60,000,000.00
• Represented tax credit syndicators and limited partnership investors in senior housing and affordable housing projects throughout the southeast US

Services

• Banking & Financial Services
• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
• Real Estate Finance
• Complex Business & Commercial Litigation

Industries

• Real Estate Industry
• Financial Services
• Affordable Housing

1. Wake Forest University, B.A.
2. Stetson University College of Law, J.D.
   • cum laude

Bar Admissions

1. Florida

Court Admissions

1. U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
2. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
3. U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida