Robert J. Waldner
Overview
Financial institutions participating in the market for troubled and nonperforming loans and financial claims trust Bob Waldner’s transactional guidance and market insights. He represents investment funds, banks, and other financial institutions that trade commercial and industrial bank loans, distressed securities, bankruptcy and litigation claims, and other illiquid assets.
Career & Education
- Duke University, B.S.E., 1995
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000
- New York
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA)
Robert's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 01.03.22
Crowell & Moring Elects 13 New Partners, Promotes Seven to Senior Counsel, and 19 to Counsel
Washington – January 3, 2022: Crowell & Moring elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The firm also promoted seven to the position of senior counsel and 19 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s London, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate; Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Government Contracts; Health Care; Technology & Intellectual Property; International Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation; and Privacy & Cybersecurity.
Firm News | 5 min read | 04.01.21
Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.27.20
Representative Matters
- Advised a major investment bank in connection with its purchase and subsequent sale of a portfolio of over 100 loans, with principal totaling approximately $1 billion.
- Represented a major hedge fund in connection with its acquisition in a series of transactions of several hundred customer claims against the liquidating estate of an insolvent Securities Investor Protection Act commodities broker.
- Represented a major U.S. investment bank in connection with its sale of several multibillion-dollar portfolios of syndicated loans to foreign investors pursuant to "true sale" participation agreements.
- Advised multiple private-equity and hedge funds in their diligence and acquisition of PG&E Corp. insurance subrogation claims.
Robert's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 01.03.22
Crowell & Moring Elects 13 New Partners, Promotes Seven to Senior Counsel, and 19 to Counsel
Washington – January 3, 2022: Crowell & Moring elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The firm also promoted seven to the position of senior counsel and 19 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s London, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate; Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Government Contracts; Health Care; Technology & Intellectual Property; International Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation; and Privacy & Cybersecurity.
Firm News | 5 min read | 04.01.21
Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.27.20
Robert's Insights
Firm News | 8 min read | 01.03.22
Crowell & Moring Elects 13 New Partners, Promotes Seven to Senior Counsel, and 19 to Counsel
Washington – January 3, 2022: Crowell & Moring elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The firm also promoted seven to the position of senior counsel and 19 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s London, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate; Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Government Contracts; Health Care; Technology & Intellectual Property; International Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation; and Privacy & Cybersecurity.
Firm News | 5 min read | 04.01.21
Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.27.20