Bobbi Acord Noland

Practice Areas

Financial Services

Business Capitalizations

Commercial Finance

Corporate & Business Transactions

Mergers & Acquisitions; Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Private Equity

Real Estate Transactions

Restructuring & Bankruptcy

Career

Bobbi Acord Noland is the consummate finance attorney. Throughout her 35-plus-year career, Bobbi has helped lenders negotiate and conclude hundreds of secured loan transactions at all levels of complexity. Her collaborative, deal-focused approach serves as a catalyst for progress and creates positive customer relationships for her clients.

As head of the Commercial Finance practice, Bobbi guides global banks, regional banks and finance companies through domestic and cross-border transactions ranging from $5 million to more than $1 billion. She has handled practically every aspect of commercial lending, from single-lender deals to syndicated facilities involving multiple lenders, borrowers, creditors and multi-tiered debt tranches. In addition, Bobbi frequently advises her clients on workouts and restructurings.

Bobbi is totally committed to pushing client deals over the finish line. Her diverse experience helps her identify the borrower’s goals without compromising the lender’s commercial agenda. At the same time, her productive communication style creates the rapport needed to negotiate a win-win conclusion. Bobbi acts as the bond and leader that holds the transaction together while serving as a sophisticated and effective advocate for her client.

Bobbi is an active participant in the finance community and serves as Co-General Counsel for The Secured Finance Network. She has served as an adjunct professor at Emory University Law School in Atlanta. Bobbi is also the past Chair of the Business Law Section, UCC Committee of the Georgia State Bar and the Business and Finance Section of the Atlanta Bar.

As a testament to her dedication and effectiveness, Bobbi has many client relationships that have spanned decades.

Professional Memberships

Secured Finance Network: Co-General Counsel (2020-present)

Wake Forest Law Board of Visitors (2023-present)

State Bar of Georgia UCC Committee: Former Chair and Committee Member (2008-2013)

Georgia State Bar Business Law Section: Chair (2015-2016), Vice Chair (2014-2015), and Secretary (2012-2013)

Atlanta Bar Association, Board, Business and Finance Section: Former Chair and Board Member (2007-2013)

ABA Subcommittee on Loan Documentation: Former Co-Chair (2007-2010)

Wake Forest Law Alumni Council: President; and Wake Forest Law School: National Law Fund Chairperson (2004)

Wake Forest University Presidential Search Committee (2004-2005)

Wake Forest Law Alumni Council (1993-2010)

Parker Hudson's Compensation Committee Member and Former Executive Committee Member

Parker Hudson's Commercial Finance Team Practice Group Leader

Emory Law School: Adjunct Professor (Spring 2013 and Spring 2014)

Turnaround Management Association: Board Member (2011-present)

CFA Education Foundation 2017 Campaign: National Co-Chair

Publications

Panelist, "Unlocking the Mystery of EU Directive CRD VI," Secured Finance Network's International Lending Conference (May 20, 2026)

Moderator, "Keynote Speaker Seth Benefield, Head of Asset-Based Finance at Bank of America Business Capital," Secured Finance Network's Emerging Leaders Summit (April 15, 2026)

Contributor, "SFNet’s Women In Secured Finance: Our History and Numbers," The Secured Lender, Women In Secured Finance Issue (March 2026)

Moderator, "Annual Lenders' Panel," Turnaround Management Association Atlanta (January 15, 2026)

Co-presenter, "Annual Co-General Counsel Report," Secured Finance Network 81st Annual Convention (November 4, 2025)

Panelist, "Unlocking the Mystery of EU Directive CRD VI," Secured Finance Network (September 30, 2025)

Contributor, "The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Insights from SFNet Members," The Secured Lender (March 2025)

Moderator, "Annual Lenders' Panel," Turnaround Management Association Atlanta (January 23, 2025)

Co-presenter, "Annual Co-General Counsel Report Virtual Panel," Secured Finance Network 80th Annual Convention (November 7, 2024)

Contributor, "An Interview with SFNet's Co-General Counsels: Bobbi Acord Noland and John Helfat," The Secured Lender (September 17, 2024)

Panelist, "Law Firm Leaders Panel," Legal Marketing Association Southeast Conference (September 12, 2024)

Client Alert, "2024 Amendments to Georgia Uniform Commercial Code," (May 20, 2024)

Contributor, "SFNet's Women in Secured Finance: Our History and Numbers," The Secured Lender (March 2024)

Author, "Bank Chaos Isn't The Only Factor Hurting The Lending Market," Law360 Expert Analysis (April 2023)

Contributor, "In the Spotlight: Women-Dominated Teams in Secured Finance," The Secured Lender (March 2023)

Moderator, "Annual Lenders' Panel," Turnaround Management Association Atlanta (January 2023)

Co-author, "Lenders Beware: Lender Liability," The Secured Lender (July 2022)

Contributor, "Leading the Way Forward: A conversation with the Women of SFNet's Management and Executive Committees," The Secured Lender (April 2022)

Presenter, "Lien and Debt Subordinations and Intercreditor Agreements," Parker Hudson webinar (November 17, 2021)

Presenter, "Negotiating the Loan Agreement," Parker Hudson webinar (October 14, 2021)

Presenter, "Lien and Debt Subordinations and Intercreditor Agreements," Parker Hudson webinar (October 13, 2021)

Panelist, “In the Beginning” to “Evolution”…the ABL Cross-Border Journey, Secured Finance Network's Cross-Border Lending Summit (September 2021)

Presenter, "Negotiating the Loan Agreement," Parker Hudson webinar (August 18, 2021)

Moderator, "Annual Lenders' Panel," Turnaround Management Association Atlanta (March 2021)

Panelist, "Capital Markets Boot Camp," Secured Finance Network Asset-Based Capital Conference (March 2021)

Co-presenter, "Representing Co-Lenders in Syndicated Credit Facilities: Consent Rights, Sacred Rights, Waterfall and Pro-Rata Sharing Provisions, Removal and Addition of Co-Lenders," Strafford Webinar (March 2021)

Contributor, “Interview with Bobbi Acord Noland, SFNet’s New Co-General Counsel,” The Secured Finance Network Women in Secured Finance Newsletter (February 2021)

Co-presenter, "Report of General Counsel," SFNet Annual Convention (November 2020)

Presenter, "Trends in the Syndicated Loan Market," State Bar of Georgia Secured Lending Seminar (March 2020)

Presenter, "Representing Co-Lenders in Syndicated Credit Facilities," Strafford Webinar (January 2020)

Moderator, "Annual Lender Panel Breakfast," Turnaround Management Association Atlanta (January 2020)

Panelist, "A Conversation on Career and Community," The Atlanta Women's Foundation Women in Finance Reception (May 2019)

Co-presenter, "Troubled Credits – A Deal Attorney's Primer for the Next Market Disruption," State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section Secured Lending Seminar (March 2019)

Presenter, "Syndicated Credit Agreements - Current Issues and Best Practices," UNC Banking Law Institute (March 2017)

Presenter, "Cross-Border Lending: Key Distinctions Between Canada and United States," State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section Secured Lending Seminar (February 2017)

Contributor, "Internationalisation of Asset-Based Lending," Financier Worldwide, TalkingPoint (April 2016)

Presenter and Panel Member, "Issues for ABL Commitment Letters in Acquisition Financing: Be Careful What You Wish For!," Commercial Finance Association's Annual Convention (November 2013)

Chair and Moderator, State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section Secured Lending Seminar (February 2011 and February 2012)

Chair, Moderator and Presenter, "Non-Uniform Collateral: Issues for the Unwary Secured Lender," State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section Secured Lending Seminar (February 2010)

Experience

Represented a direct lender, as agent, in connection with the negotiation and closing of a senior secured lender finance syndicated financing to an equipment finance company and its subsidiaries.

Represented Bank of America, N.A., as agent, in connection with a senior secured, asset-based, cross-border revolving credit and term loan facility provided to Modular Space Holdings, Inc. and affiliates, which engaged in the sale and leasing of temporary buildings and structures. The companies filed pre-arranged chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in Delaware, and the firm represented the agent bank in the pre-petition, post-petition, and exit financings.

Represented a national bank, as the agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a $1 billion pre-petition and post-petition syndicated senior secured asset-based credit facility to a sponsor-backed national distributor of tires, which facility included a cross-border component with both U.S. and Canadian borrowers and asset pools, and featuring additional first in - last out facilities. The transaction also required the negotiation of a complex lien subordination and intercreditor agreement with the term lenders holding secured term loan debt.

Represented a national bank, as agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a syndicated senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to an international office products supply business, which transaction featured cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S., Canadian, German, and Swedish obligors, and a separate disclosed and full recourse receivables purchase facility with respect to receivables originated by affiliated businesses in France and Italy.

Represented a national bank, as the sole lender, in providing a senior secured revolving credit facility, which transaction featured dual cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S. and Dutch borrowers and asset pools.

Represented a national bank, as agent for a syndicate of lenders, in providing a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to a U.S. based manufacturer and distributor. The transaction featured cross-border revolving credit facilities with U.S. and Canadian borrowers and asset pools, a sub-facility for certain assets located in Mexico, and the negotiation and documentation of an extensive array of supply chain finance transactions.

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