Craig Ganz > Ballard Spahr LLP > Phoenix, United States > Lawyer Profile

Craig Ganz

1.602.798.5427 ganzc@ballardspahr.com View profile

Work Department

Litigation, Banking and Financial Services Industry Group, Non-Bank Lending Team

Position

Partner and Co-Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Non-Bank Lending Team

Career

Although located in the Los Angeles and Phoenix offices, Craig’s practice spans throughout the United States and its territories. Craig serves as Co-Leader of the Non-Bank Lending Team in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Industry Group. Craig is focused primarily in the areas of real property, retail/restaurant/hospitality, and finance/banking law. His experience also encompasses significant trial work on both the state and federal levels. Recently, Craig has focused his efforts on assisting clients with (COVID-19 related) distressed asset workouts on the banking and real estate side.

As it relates to Craig’s real estate and finance practice, he frequently counsels clients on strategies ranging from asset acquisition and dispositions, to leveraged transactions on both the buy and sell side. Craig assists dealmakers navigate both the distressed and organic markets to source and engineer creative solutions – resulting in accretive transactions for the client. Craig often consults with private equity groups, REITs, hotel operators, and family offices, to establish internal and external strategies in order to implement a formal protocol to manage the transactional-side acquisition and disposition processes. Craig also handles pre-litigation workouts for financial institutions and various real estate entities as it relates to distressed asset scenarios.

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Education

Southwestern Law School (J.D. 2001)

Trial Advocacy Honors Program

University of Arizona (B.A. 1997)