Ren Hayhurst’s practice focuses on all aspects of lender representation, including real estate and commercial loan documentation, real estate loan workouts and foreclosure, receivership and loan/guaranty enforcement litigation.

Mr. Hayhurst has negotiated and documented standard and revolving line of credit loans for the acquisition, development and construction of regional shopping centers, retail power centers, single family and multi-family residential housing projects and industrial buildings and warehouses. He has documented and closed loans involving real property security in every State in the country. He also has negotiated and documented real estate syndication/participation loans and REMIC conduit loan packages. In addition, Mr. Hayhurst’s experience also includes the negotiation and documentation of syndicated and non-syndicated secured and unsecured loan facilities, bond financings, acquisition financings, asset based loan facilities to middle market companies, debt restructurings and letter of credit facilities.

Mr. Hayhurst also has a vigorous real estate practice on the developer’s side, having negotiated and documented real estate purchase and sale transactions involving shopping center, industrial building and hotel projects.

In addition, Mr. Hayhurst was a trial attorney for the first nine years of his professional life and has represented lenders and borrowers in litigation matters concerning the enforcement of secured and unsecured loan transactions. Recently, he has been heavily involved in negotiating and documenting a wide variety of real estate workout transactions, both pre-bankruptcy and following the filing of a bankruptcy petition. In connection with real estate related litigation matters. Mr. Hayhurst has tried numerous bench and jury trials, has argued cases before the Arizona and California Courts of Appeals and has appeared in cases before the Arizona and California Supreme Courts.

Mr. Hayhurst is a frequent speaker at seminars covering a wide variety of real estate topics, both for real estate attorneys and for non-legal professionals in this area.

Bar and Court Admissions

California, 1989

Arizona, 1987

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Courts for the District of Arizona and Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California

Education

University of Utah, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1987

University of Utah, B.S., magna cum laude, 1984