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Amy J. Swedberg 
Partner

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amy.swedberg@maslon.com

3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Amy Swedberg is a partner in Maslon's Financial Services Group. Her practice focuses primarily on the representation of banks, indenture trustees and commercial creditors in default situations. Amy also assists asset-based lenders in preparing and negotiating commercial loan documentation. 

Areas of Practice
  • Financial Services
  • Commercial Loan Documentation
  • Creditors' Rights in Bankruptcy
  • Defaulted Loans and Workouts
  • Indenture Trustee Representation
Education
  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996
    J.D.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
    Honors: Best Brief, Reg. Comp., Philip C. Jessup Int'l Law Moot Court
    Honors: 5th Place Oralist, Reg. Comp., Philip C. Jessup Int'l Law Moot Court
    Honors: Participant, Int'l Comp., Philip C. Jessup Int'l Law Moot Court
    Honors: First Year Legal Writing
  • University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1993
    B.A.
    Honors: Summa Cum Laude
    Honors: Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society
    Honors: Omnicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society in Economics
    Major: Economics
    Minor: Quantitative Methods and Computer Science
Bar Admissions
  • Minnesota, 1996
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1997
Professional Associations and Memberships
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Minnesota State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section - Member; Bankruptcy Bulletin - Editorial Board, 2006-2007 - Member
  • Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
  • Minnesota Women Lawyers - Member
  • International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation - Member
  • Financial Women International - Member of Board of Directors
  • Turnaround Management Association - Member
Classes Taught
  • Common Bankruptcy Issues: How to Mitigate Risk, Association of Corporate Counsel Small Law Department Committee, May 2010
  • Selling Your Collateral in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Section 363's Faster, Cheaper Approach Is at Risk, A Maslon Speakers Series Seminar, May 2009
  • Representing Trade Creditors: BAPCPA and Beyond, MN State Bar Association Bankruptcy Institute, 2007
  • When the Tenant Files Bankruptcy and the Effect of the Bankruptcy Reform Act on Landlords and Tenants, Landlord-Tenant Seminar, 2007
  • Effect of the New Bankruptcy Laws on the Landlord and the Tenant, Landlord-Tenant Seminar, 2006
  • How to Collect a Judgment Once You Have It, Appellate Practice and Judgments, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2001
  • Client seminars on general bankruptcy topics, including preference liability
Honors and Awards
  • Minnesota Rising Stars
Experience
  • Borrowers co-counsel for $325 million senior secured credit facilities.
  • Represented equipment finance company in replevin action concerning aircraft.
  • Represented secured lender in successful workout of multi-million dollar loan default.
  • Represented lessor in bankruptcy proceedings to pursue claim for post-petition administrative rent.
  • Represented asset-based lending company in debtor-in-possession financing transaction.
  • Successfully defended secured lender in lawsuits brought by trade creditors following voluntary repossession and liquidation of loan collateral.
  • Represented Indenture Trustee in objecting to disclosure statement and Chapter 11 plan and negotiation of plan confirmation order.
  • Negotiated favorable settlements of preference lawsuits against trade creditors and equipment lessors.
  • Represented secured lender in obtaining ex parte replevin order against a debtor who had been secreting assets.
  • Represented financial institution in defending appeal of bankruptcy court order dismissing single-asset real estate debtor's Chapter 11 case to permit mortgage foreclosure.
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