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CurrentI work to advance my clients’ financial interests through negotiated deals and litigation. My practical approach to cases and the guidance I give clients are informed by my considerable business management and financial experience, predating my career as an attorney. I joined Engelman Berger in 2009 after relocating from a nationally recognized similar practice in Chicago. I HELP CLIENTS WITH:• Financings, acquisitions, real estate deals, restructurings and reorganizations • Complex chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and out of court deals, representing businesses, banks, secured and unsecured creditors, strategic buyers and trusteesI TYPICALLY WORK WITH:• Corporate Bankruptcy Debtors• Bankruptcy Creditor Committees and Trustees• Commercial Banks• Private Equity Investors/Lenders• Real Estate Developers• Commercial Landlords • Restaurants• Retailers• ManufacturersMY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: I represented…• Regional and national banks and other lenders with respect to new loan originations, workouts and enforcements including complex real and personal property collateral arrangements• Multiple manufacturers, real estate investors, equipment companies, retailers, and agricultural/dairy operators as debtors in complex chapter 11 reorganization proceedings that resulted in reorganizations and sales of businesses as going concerns• Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in multiple successful reorganizations and sale chapter 11 cases, achieving significant recoveries for unsecured creditors despite limited unencumbered assets • Chapter 7 trustees and trustees of liquidating trusts I AM PART OF THE FIRM’S PRACTICE AREAS IN:• Bankruptcy and Reorganization• Loan Originations, Workouts, and Enforcement• Commercial Real Estate• Business Formation and Sale/Merger Transactions• Business and Financial Restructuring
