Scott D. Talmadge is a partner in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Department. He has practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial law for over fifteen years.
Mr. Talmadge focuses on creditors' rights, commercial litigation and secured and unsecured lending transactions, with particular emphasis on restructuring and bankruptcy issues. He has represented creditors in both state and federal court proceedings, including actions to collect outstanding debt, enforce and foreclose upon collateral and to seize collateral at the outset of a proceeding. Mr. Talmadge has also represented syndicate agents and individual lenders in secured and unsecured transactions, commercial landlords, official creditors' committees and Chapter 7 trustees.
Mr. Talmadge has been involved in a number of cross-border insolvencies, with foreign proceedings pending in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Bermuda and Italy. He has also been involved in matters encompassing a broad range of industries including energy, insurance, various manufacturers, national retailers, apparel companies, motion picture theatre chains, telecom companies, cable companies and commercial real property. Recent representations include the representation of Bank of America, N.A. in connection with its extensions of credit to Enron Corp. and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in the Adelphia Communications Corp. bankruptcy proceeding.
Prior to joining Kaye Scholer, Mr. Talmadge was a partner with Clifford Chance.
