Robert J. Diehl Jr.
Robert J. Diehl, Jr., represents clients in complex business law matters and commercial transactions with a focus on debtor-creditor rights and bankruptcy.
He represents lenders in out-of-court workouts and in bankruptcy proceedings involving all types of businesses and collateral, especially automotive-related businesses and real estate and construction businesses.
Mr. Diehl has special expertise in matters relating to postpetition financing, lifting the automatic stay and maximizing realization of collateral value.
Mr. Diehl has documented numerous complex, high risk financial transactions, highly leveraged financings, and asset based loans. He has expertise with syndicated loans, loan participations, foreign currency loans, and banker’s acceptances. Mr. Diehl has extensive experience in counseling lenders on loan structure and lender liability issues and in defending lenders on lender liability claims, especially those relating to the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fiduciary duty, equitable subordination, and fraudulent transfer.
Mr. Diehl serves in leadership roles with numerous organizations, including the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion (member and past chair, board of directors), the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce (member, board of directors), Henry Ford Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute (member, board of advisors), VIP Mentoring (member, board of directors), and the Grosse Pointe Club (member, board of directors).
- Michigan Super Lawyers "Top 100" Michigan lawyer
- Michigan Super Lawyers 2006-2016 (Creditor-Debtor Rights)
- Chambers USA 2017, "First Band" in Banking & Finance: Bankruptcy-Michigan
- National Finalist, Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2011)
- Dbusiness Magazine 2017 "Top Lawyer" (Banking & Financial Service Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law)
- Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® Peer Rated
Detroit, Michigan 48226
