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Frank
Thomas
Pepler
Partner
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Frank Pepler is a partner in DLA Piper's Finance practice, based in San Francisco.
Mr Pepler represents banks, secured creditors and lessors in origination, restructuring and workout matters as well as in litigation. His experience also encompasses enforcement matters in federal district, federal bankruptcy and California state courts.
Mr. Pepler's matters include both real property and personal property secured transactions. A significant part of his work is matters governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, both in California and as adopted in other states, with a substantial practice advising secured creditors and securities intermediaries under Article 8 and Article 9.
Mr. Pepler has represented:
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Major banks, insurance companies and leasing companies in loan origination matters.
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One of the country's largest securities intermediaries in structuring new product lines and adapting procedures to permit the leveraging of securities held in trading accounts.
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A significant private lender in a raw land development chapter 11 case pending in the Central District of California, and related litigation in state court and bankruptcy court, together with appeals to district court and the bankruptcy appellate panel.
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Assignees for benefit of creditors in pending ABCs, together with related state court litigation.
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A state court-appointed receiver in a mortgage company and three subsidiary cases and related litigation, and filing Chapter 7 cases on behalf of a receiver for each of four related companies.
Admissions
Memberships
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State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Insolvency Law Committee, 2008 - Present
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Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1988 - 1991, 1996 -1999; Co-Chair, 1998 - 1999
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San Francisco Bar Association, Commercial Law Section, 1981- Present
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National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Drafting Committee: Observer and author of position paper on Uniform Forfeiture Act, 1990 – 1992; Participant in major revisions to Article 9 of Uniform Commercial Code, 1997-1999
Publications
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Co-author, "Report of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee," California Legislative Bulletin, State Bar of California, The Business Law News, Volume 20, No. 3, Summer 1999 (with Daniel Schechter)
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Co-author, "Report of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee," California Legislative Bulletin, State Bar of California, The Business Law News, Volume 19, No. 4, Fall 1997 (with Hill Blackett III)
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"Report of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee," California Legislative Bulletin, State Bar of California, The Business Law News, Volume 18, No. 4, Fall 1996
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"Commercial Legislation and Revisions to Uniform Commercial Code," Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of The Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1996
Seminars
As an adjunct professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law from 1998 to 2002, Mr. Pepler structured and taught “Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code.” The course emphasized the changes to secured transactions law that took effect July 1, 2001, the effective date of Revised Article 9 in California and in other adopting states.
Mr. Pepler also frequently speaks before professional organizations, including the following:
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Panelist, "The Essentials of Small Business Workouts and Bankruptcies," State Bar of California Webinar (February 17, 2010)
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Panelist, "Ten Things to Know as The Economy Falls and the Client Calls," State Bar of California Webinar (January 7, 2009); Annual Meeting, San Diego (September 13, 2009)
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Panelist, "What to Do When The Commercial Loan Goes Bad: California Real Estate Financing," San Francisco (June 2006)
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Panelist, "Asset-Based Lending: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," Commercial Finance Association Program, San Francisco (March 9, 2000)
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Panelist, "Commercial Lending in California," National Business Institute Program, San Francisco (February 5, 2000)
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Panelist, "Commercial Law Practice: Emerging Issues," California Continuing Education of the Bar Program, San Francisco and Sacramento (May 1999)
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Panelist, "Revised Division 9: Secured Transactions, Effect on California Law," and "Effect on Revisions to California Division 9 on California Agricultural Lending," State Bar of California Annual Meeting, Monterey, California (Fall 1998)
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Panelist, "Revised Division 5: Letters of Credit," State Bar of California Education Institute Program, Lake Tahoe, California (Spring 1997)
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