Tyler Layne
Partner

Overview
Tyler Layne is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Mr. Layne focuses his practice on healthcare restructurings, helping clients navigate the complex financial and regulatory overlay of restructurings in virtually every sector of this industry. He has substantial experience in corporate restructurings, representing debtors, secured lenders, indenture trustees, unsecured creditors, hedge funds, purchasers and other parties in connection with bankruptcies, receiverships, out-of-court workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, Section 363 and other distressed sales, debtor-in-possession (DIP) and exit financings, and related litigation.
Mr. Layne also has vast experience in real property, mezzanine, Article 9 and strict foreclosures, as well as the exercise of voting proxies. He represents boards of directors and other fiduciaries in connection with corporate governance matters implicated in special situations.
Mr. Layne has experience negotiating and closing complex financing transactions outside of bankruptcy, including asset-based and cash flow loans, sponsor financing, seller financing and venture capital financing. He has developed a particular focus in negotiating complex intercreditor arrangements, including 1L/2L, split collateral and mezzanine subordination agreements.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Philosophy, summa cum laude
- New York
- Tennessee
- All U.S. District Courts in Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- STARS Nashville, Board Member, 2021-Present
- American Bankruptcy Institute, 2017-Present
- Turnaround Management Association, 2016-Present
- Nashville Bar Association, 2014-Present
- Tennessee Bar Association, 2014-Present
- American Bar Association, 2012-Present
- Young Leaders Council, Alumnus, 2017
- The Phoenix Club, Alumnus, 2015-2017
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2024, 2025
- 40 Under 40, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2023