HAYWOOD A. BARNES

Haywood Barnes practices in the areas of commercial and corporate finance and related workout, restructuring and bankruptcy matters, with considerable experience in all aspects of renewable energy project finance. Haywood also has many years of experience representing creditors in a wide variety of single bank and syndicated commercial loan structures, including asset-based and cash flow loans, and workouts with borrowers in numerous different industries. Haywood has particular expertise in both the transactional and workout sides of asset-based lending and factoring-related transactions and has represented numerous banks and non-bank lenders in such matters over the years, including representation of creditors in various aspects of bankruptcy proceedings.

Haywood also has significant experience structuring and documenting factoring and “true sale” accounts receivable purchase and sale transactions, as well as forbearance and workout arrangements for senior secured lenders and factors. He has managed UCC and real estate foreclosure matters for senior secured lenders and factors and represented secured lenders and factors in DIP financing arrangements, cash collateral arrangements and related bankruptcy matters.

Prior to joining Wielechowski & Fuller, Haywood practiced with Poyner Spruill LLP, Hunton & Williams LLP and was in-house counsel with The CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc.

While working for The CIT Group, Haywood served as primary counsel to the Charlotte and Dallas branch offices and Miami loan production office, where he managed all legal aspects of Charlotte, Dallas and Miami factoring and asset-based lending portfolios, structured, negotiated, documented and closed factoring and asset-based lending transactions of various sizes and complexity involving real and personal property security, and internally managed workout, bankruptcy and litigation matters.

While in law school, Haywood was a member of the Wake Forest University Law Review and served as the Business Symposium Editor. Haywood also received the 1994 E. McGruder Faris Memorial Award for high standards of leadership, character and scholarship during his final year of law school.