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2021 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards
Chicago & Midwest
Mark Silverman
Co-team leader of Dykema’s Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Special Servicer Group
Commercial foreclosure and workout experience across many sectors
Recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers as a Rising Star since 2015
Mark Silverman is a creative and out-of-the box thinker practicing in the areas of creditors’ rights, loan workout, bankruptcy, and loan enforcement on behalf of large, mid-sized, and small banks, financial institutions, fintech companies, and the nation’s largest CMBS special servicers. He is a member in Dykema’s Chicago office, where he is a co-team leader of the firm’s Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Special Servicer Group, Chair of the nationwide Technology Advisory Committee, and a valued member of the Financial Industry Group.
Silverman’s practical and pragmatic approach allows him to aggressively and efficiently advise his clients in connection with:
- commercial foreclosures
- receiverships
- complex loan enforcement matters relating to ABL, C&I and specialty finance credits both in and outside of bankruptcy court
- asset-based and non-asset-based loan workouts
- post-judgment collection matters
- equity and real property receiverships
- bankruptcy litigation
- lender liability defense litigation
- fraudulent conveyance litigation
- breach of fiduciary duty litigation
- complex commercial litigation
- class action litigation
- contract disputes
Silverman’s significant commercial foreclosure and workout experience spans many sectors including hospitality and hotel, retail shopping centers and strip malls, commercial office and mixed-use centers, multi-unit apartment and condominium complexes, busted residential developments, medical facilities, industrial, golf courses, and airports.
Mark helps his creditor clients navigate negotiating loan sales, negotiating forbearance agreements, liquidating collateral, assignments for the benefit of creditors, 363 sales, foreclosure sales, and other loan restructuring issues. He also regularly advises clients on litigation risk and bankruptcy implications of ABL, C&I, and CRE loan transactions.
He has also been recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the field of Creditor Debtor Rights, Business Litigation and Bankruptcy since 2015.