Bobbi Acord Noland
Partner | Atlanta Officebacord@phrd.com
T: (404) 420-5537
F: (678) 533-7774
F: (678) 533-7774
Practice Group
Services
Education
- Wake Forest University - (B.A., Politics, summa cum laude, with honors in politics, 1986)
- Wake Forest University - (J.D., cum laude, 1989) Phi Beta Kappa; Corpus Juris Secundum Awards in Torts and Contracts; Editor-in-Chief, Wake Forest Law Review, 1989
Admitted to Practice
- Georgia
About Bobbi
Bobbi practices in the Commercial Finance practice group and has substantial expertise in structuring, documenting, negotiating and closing secured loan transactions for financial institutions, including complex syndicated credit facilities. Bobbi also has experience in structuring and closing international financial transactions involving both secured facilities and receivables purchase facilities. In connection with the representation of the firm’s lending clients, Bobbi also has been involved in various workouts and restructurings of financing transactions.
Professional and Civic Involvement
- Vice Chair of the Board for the Business and Finance Section of the Atlanta Bar
- Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Subcommittee on Loan Documentation
- Chair, State Bar of Georgia, UCC Committee
- Wake Forest Law Board of Visitors
- Serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee and Recruiting Committee
- National Law Fund Chairperson for Wake Forest Law School, 2004
- American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
- The Women’s Finance Exchange
- State Bar of Georgia
Honors
- Fellow, American College of Commercial Finance Attorneys
- Listed in Chambers USA Leading American Business Lawyers in banking and finance
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Georgia Super Lawyer
- Selected as one of the top 50 Georgia Women Super Lawyers
- Recognized for outstanding business and professional achievements by Strathmore's Who's Who 2009/2010
- Recognized as a leading Banking practitioner by The Best Lawyers in America (2007-present)
Representative Engagements
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $1,000,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to modular homes manufacturer
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $650,000,000 senior secured credit facility to steel manufacturer
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $425,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to steel processor and manufacturer
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $400,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to tire and automobile accessories retailer
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $260,000,000 senior secured syndicated revolving credit facility to custom food service distributor
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $150,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to manufacturer and supplier of carpets and other floor coverings
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $100,000,000 international senior secured credit facility to office products distributor
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $100,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to finance company
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $60,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to furniture manufacturer and distributor
- Represented administrative agent and lender in $60,000,000 senior secured syndicated credit facility to specialty retailer of home décor
Publications and Presentations
- Served as the program chair and moderator of the panel and discussed the topic "Non-Uniform Collateral: Issues for the Unwary Secured Lender," as part of the 2010 Secured Lending CLE seminar presented by the Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta (February 2010)
- Presented the topic "Security Interests Outside of the UCC," as a panel member for the Commercial Lending Today seminar presented by the American Law Institute / American Bar Association (January 2010)
- Author and Presenter, "Perfection and Priority Issues: Documented Vessels, Aircraft and Automobiles," Georgia ICLE Seminar (February 2009)
- Author and Presenter, "Perfection, Priority and Enforcement: Documented Vessels, Aircraft and Automobiles," ALI-ABA Commercial Banking and Lending Law Seminar (January 2009)
- Contributor, "Second Lien Loans in Today's Markets," Financier Worldwide, December 2008
- Author and Presenter, "Certain Non-UCC and UCC "Gotchas" for the Unwary Secured Lender," Section of Business Law Meeting, April 2008
- Author and Presenter, "Real Estate Issues from the Senior Secured Lender's Perspective," Secured Lending Seminar, February 2008
- Author, Presenter and Panel Moderator, "Default and Enforcement Under Revised Article 9," Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, December 2005
- Author, Presenter and Panel Moderator, "What Practitioners Need to Know," Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, February 2005
- Author, Presenter and Panel Moderator, "Default and Enforcement Under Revised Article 9," Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, February 2004
- Author, Presenter and Panel Moderator, "Default and Enforcement Under Revised Article 9, " Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, February 2003
- Author and Presenter, "Revised UCC Article 9 Secured Transactions," Recent UCC Developments Seminar, July 2002
- Presenter, "Enforcement of Security Interests Under Revised Article 9," Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Georgia Seminar, February 2002
- Author and Presenter, "Starting the Process—Initiating the Loan" and "Lender Liability—What it is and How to Mitigate the Risk," Structuring the Commercial Loan in Georgia Seminar, October 2001
- Author and Presenter, "Enforcement of Security Interests Under Revised Article 9," Community Banker’s Association of Georgia, May 2001
- Presenter, "Selected Bankruptcy Issues for Secured Lenders" and "Lender Liability Pitfalls," Commercial Lending in Georgia Seminar, July 2000
- Panel Participant and Presenter, "Intellectual Property Issues in Secured Transactions," ABA Section of Business Law 2000 Spring Meeting, March 2000
- Author and Presenter, "Loan Proposals, Term Sheets and Commitment Letters, " Secured Lending Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, November 1999
- Author and Presenter, "The Law of Letters of Credit—Effect of Recent Cases and Proposed Changes to Article 9," Secured Lending Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, November 1998
- Author and Presenter, "The Why and How of Multi-Lender Agreements," Asset Based Lending Seminar, October 1998
- Author and Presenter, "The Why and How of Multi-Lender Agreements," Asset Based Lending Seminar, June 1998
- Author and Presenter, "Structuring Issues in Multiple Party Financings," Secured Lending Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, November 1997
- Co-Author: "Commitment Letters: Uses and Pitfalls," The Journal of Commercial Lending, July 1993