Ian Platt Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Assisting clients and counsel during pre-signing and closing periods on transaction documents and facilitating closing process. Also assisting on post-closing and other deal issues.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Providing practical and cost-effective business law services with creativity, collaboration and commitment. Areas of focus include contracts, transactions and general business.

Greater Atlanta Area

Represented clients in organizational formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, debt financing, leasing, licensing, vendor and sales contracts, workouts, restructurings, distressed sales and wind downs, employment agreements, compliance and more.

Atlanta, Ga

Represented clients as to business contracts and transactions, including sale transactions, equipment leasing, debt finance and related corporate transactions.

Greater Atlanta Area

Represented clients in connection with business transactions, contracts, commercial and consumer lending, compliance, disputes and other business law matters.

Alpharetta, Ga

Led compliance and legal functions in support of consumer finance business. **Led improvements to compliance management system and related policies and procedures.**Negotiated and documented technology contracts and other vendor agreements.**Updated and streamlined complaint management, bankruptcy handling and other processes.

Alpharetta, Ga

Led legal efforts to complete highly successful execution of multi-year liquidation of commercial finance business. Worked closely with senior management to identify and mitigate legal risks related to asset sales, business services, loan workouts/amendments, litigation and contract negotiations. Supervised training and compliance functions. Ensured business unit adherence to corporate policies and procedures. Managed business unit legal team. **Negotiated and documented complex sales and other dispositions of remaining portions of multibillion-dollar portfolio of assets, resulting in high dollar yields despite challenging commercial loan market.**Negotiated and documented successful transitions of key manufacturer, distributor, dealer, warehouse and syndication relationships. **Managed numerous complex disputes, helping to avoid more than $25M in potential costs.

Alpharetta, Ga

Provided comprehensive legal services to internal clients during major period of growth, including structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions; advising regarding strategic initiatives and policy; and supporting HR, sales, marketing, credit, M&A, compliance and tax functions. Assisted corporate effort to eliminate all existing business lines except financing programs for products manufactured by corporate affiliates. Supervised and trained up to six staff members. **Led structuring and documentation of several innovative dealer finance programs that contributed to multi-year segment growth in excess of 10% annually. Successes included new equipment leasing and small dealer programs. **Led due diligence and documentation in connection with complex M&A transactions, such as acquisition of successful $100M+ consumer electronics and appliances finance business and sales involving $500M+ of portfolio loans, software, business services and other assets. **Managed form document standardization project and related training and communication initiatives that delivered 50% time and cost savings for documenting and activating new segment customers along with increased customer satisfaction.

Greater Boston Area

Represented diverse range of business clients (including those in retail, software, telecom, life sciences, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing sectors) in matters involving debt finance origination and restructuring, sales contracts, licensing agreements, equipment leases, asset sales, corporate reorganizations and other business transactions. **Negotiated and documented domestic and international sales, lease and debt finance transactions in excess of $4B, including asset based loan, subordinated/mezzanine debt, convertible debt and securitized loan facilities.**Led matters involving asset sales, licensing, reorganizations, restructurings and other business transactions.**Represented national mattress retailer in successful restructuring of debt and lease obligations of more than $230M, which involved complex litigation and negotiations to resolve numerous claims and interests.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Represented business clients in connection with bankruptcies, foreclosures and other litigation matters.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Served as primary Law Clerk to Associate Justice Joette Katz, assisting with legal research, writing and other tasks supporting the publication of majority and minority opinions of the court.

J.D. Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Editor & Staff Member, Suffolk University Law Review; American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts, Civil.

B.B.A. Magna Cum Laude (Departmental Honors), Marketing

Activities and Societies: Commonwealth Scholar; Golden Key National Honor Society