Brad Axelrod is of counsel in the business corporate matters section of the firm's Baton Rouge office. He primarily handles business restructuring and bankruptcy reorganization matters, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and commercial finance transactions.
Brad began his career as an associate in the restructuring and bankruptcy reorganization group at a prominent law firm in New York City. He has extensive experience representing clients in all aspects of complex bankruptcy cases and has represented public and private companies as Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, creditors' committees, financial advisors, senior and junior secured lenders, sureties, and bondholders in Chapter 11 reorganizations and Chapter 7 liquidations. Brad frequently represents clients seeking to acquire assets of bankruptcy debtors pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, and DIP lenders providing financing pursuant to Section 364 of the Code.
Outside of the restructuring arena, Brad represents public and private companies in merger and acquisition transactions, private equity firms in investment and restructuring matters, and asset-based and cash-flow lenders in commercial finance transactions.
Brad brings to the firm the unique experience of having owned and operated his own entrepreneurial project development firm. He also has substantial corporate business experience, having served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, for a Fortune 500 corporation providing engineering, construction, technology, fabrication, environmental and industrial services around the world. Brad's extensive business experience, both as an entrepreneurial business owner and a senior corporate executive, paired with more than 14 years of practicing law in the business sections of some of the largest law firms in the world, makes him specially suited to serve client's of McGlinchey Stafford's business corporate matters section.
Professional Affiliations
· Louisiana State Bar Association, Diversity Committee, 2010-2011
Presentations
· "Consumer Finance Company Restructurings," 10th Annual Consumer Finance Legal Conference, October 20-21, 2011
Professional Recognition
· The Best Lawyers in America ® (Corporate Law)