Bob Kaplan

Bob Kaplan's practice, spanning more than 32 years, focuses on creditors' rights and bankruptcy related matters. Bob and his team at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell (JMBM) document, restructure and enforce hundreds of millions of dollars of commercial and real estate loans each year. His team acts quickly to preserve assets, create a winning strategy and resolve problems, whether by negotiation, forbearance, litigation, receivership, bankruptcy or foreclosure.

Representation
Bob counsels many national banks, securitized lenders, community banks, leasing companies, real estate loan servicers and corporations in cases involving Commercial Code issues, real property and personal property transactions, and Chapter 11 cases involving commercial properties such as office buildings, golf courses, hospitals, hotels and apartment complexes. Bob has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending commercial cases in Federal and State courts, including numerous cases involving Articles 9 and 10 of the California Commercial Code.
 
Special Servicers
Bob Kaplan represents numerous special servicers appointed under securitized real estate loan transactions in judicial foreclosure actions, in post-default loan modifications/forbearance agreements, and in single and multiple asset Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He is experienced in dealing with construction loans, mezzanine loans and asset-based loans in a restructuring, workout or bankruptcy context.
 
Restructures, Workouts, Foreclosures, Receiverships, Assignments
With extensive experience in real estate and personal property receiverships, Bob is experienced in filing actions to have receivers appointed, in receivership lending transactions and in representing receivers. He has prepared real estate loan modification agreements, forbearance agreements, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreements, conversion of debt to equity agreements and knows how to deal with mixed collateral foreclosure problems in addition to "one action" and security first rule problems.
 
Lender Liability
Bob has defended multiple financial institutions in lender liability cases, including breach of contract and fraud claims, in State court, Federal court and bankruptcy court.