Jill C Walters

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Jill Walters represents financial institutions, alternative finance companies, businesses of all sizes, and individual creditors in bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings, creditors' rights litigation, workouts, and the general restructuring process.

Ms. Walters offers clients more than 15 years of versatile experience representing and counseling clients in corporate insolvency, distressed lending, debt restructuring and workouts, and complex Chapter 11 cases. Her clients include secured and unsecured creditors in reorganizations and liquidations nationwide, as well as purchasers and sellers of debt and assets in foreclosure sales, Article 9 sales, and Chapter 11 363 sales. She has extensive experience in bankruptcy litigation centered on the defense of preference and fraudulent transfer actions. Her practice spans multiple sectors, including banking and finance, transportation, real estate, health care, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail.

She regularly represents national and regional bank lenders, specialty ag lenders, and equipment finance companies in Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 proceedings around the country. Additionally, her work focuses on transactions, including forbearances and workouts, and preparing loan modifications and renewals post-default and post-bankruptcy.

Ms. Walters holds leadership positions in the International Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and the North Carolina Bar Association. She is also active in the Raleigh community, serving on the board of directors of Note in the Pocket and volunteering for Legal Aid of North Carolina and Haven House Services.