Christopher H. Ezell

Christopher Ezell is a real estate litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Miami office, where he focuses on business litigation involving creditors' rights, lender liability, commercial contracts and injunctive relief.

Mr. Ezell works closely with his clients to assist their need to maximize their recovery on their assets from the initial default through judgment enforcement. He represents mortgage servicers, commercial lenders, debt buyers, corporations and individuals in all aspects of commercial litigation, loan workouts, receiverships, restructurings, closings, asset recovery and foreclosure.

Mr. Ezell is an assertive and results-oriented advisor to clients and strives to understand their needs in negotiations and disputes. His combination of experience with negotiating equity and debt instruments and litigation allows him to effectively handle all aspects of business litigation and workouts, and his strategies and deep understanding of complex financial structures and commercial real estate help him to provide particular insights to clients in and outside of court. Mr. Ezell has developed extensive knowledge related to receiverships, having served as chair and secretary of the committee that drafted and pushed for the enactment of the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act in Alabama.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Ezell was an attorney for a national law firm in its Mobile, Alabama, and Miami offices.

Representative Experience

• Serves as lead counsel for workouts for each type of commercial real estate asset – multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality and retail
• Advises clients as to numerous issues related to hotel franchise agreements and compliance with pooling and servicing agreements for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
• Prepares fraudulent conveyance, denial of discharge and other records supporting bankruptcy-related actions
• Advises and develops training programs on commercial real estate litigation and workouts
• Domesticates judgments pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA) in several states
• Pursues numerous debtors in several states on Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (UVTA) claims and Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA) claims, as well as other enforcement activities