Farhad Bahar represents commercial finance companies, commercial banks, hedge funds, factors and other lenders in complex, secured and unsecured, single lender, club or syndicated, commercial loans, asset-based transactions, factoring, trade finance, acquisition finance, film finance, charter school finance, health care finance, public finance and letter of credit transactions. He also has extensive experience in workouts, debtor-in-possession financing, reorganization financing, inter-creditor relationships, lender liability issues, judicial and non-judicial foreclosures and creditors’ rights and remedies. His experience includes secured transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Mr. Bahar is an active member of the Patron’s Council of Farhang Foundation, a non-profit foundation that promotes and preserves Iranian art and culture for the community at large. He is also active with Inner City Arts, a charitable organization that provides visual and performing arts education to underprivileged children. Mr. Bahar is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference, the American Bar Association and the Banking and Bankruptcy sections of the California Bar. Mr. Bahar has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading lawyer in the field of Banking & Finance. Mr. Bahar has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America, for Banking and Finance Law since 2020.
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers in America
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Buchalter, is pleased to announce that 99 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers was founded […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America
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Buchalter is pleased to announce over 80 of the Firm’s lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2023 “Best Lawyers in America”
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The firm is pleased to announce over 60 Buchalter lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2022 “Best Lawyers in America”
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The firm is pleased to announce that several lawyers have been included in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers was […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2021 “Best Lawyers in America”
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The firm is pleased to announce that several lawyers have been included in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers was […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2020 “Best Lawyers in America”
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The firm is pleased to announce that 24 lawyers have been included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers was […]
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Mr. Bahar earned his J.D. at Stanford Law School in 1987 and his B.A. summa cum laude in International Relations and Economics from Bucknell University in 1984.
Additional Specialties
Asset-Based Lending
Workouts and Restructuring
DIP Financing
Intercreditor Agreements
UCC Article 9 Secured Lending
Health Care Finance
Film Finance
Public Finance
Trade Finance