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agencyIP/Sherwood Partners

agencyIP | Contact: Joshua Pichinson, Managing Director
Silicon Valley | Los Angeles | New York
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 454-8026
www.agencyip.com

Sherwood Partners | Contact: Martin Pichinson, Co-Founder
Silicon Valley | Los Angeles | New York
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 454-8001
www.sherwoodpartners.com

agencyIP, LLC is the premier intellectual property (IP) agency assisting clients to monetize their IP. With our rich database, knowledge, and worldwide relationships, agencyIP has become one of the fastest growing companies in IP monetization. We represent owners, creators, and holders of IP represent in matters associated with patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. We represent individual inventors to Fortune companies.

Sherwood Partners, Inc. Since 1992, Sherwood has built a reputation for high-quality work, excellent communications, and delivering impressive results. We work closely with owners, managers, and boards to create solutions to tough problems, when the tough decisions need to be made. Sherwood acts as corporate advisors in corporate recovery and reorganization, liquidating trust agents, as Assignees in Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (ABCs), IP sales, licensing, strategy, and loans or purchasing against quality patents. Better Ideas | Proven Solutions.

AlixPartners

Contact: Jonathan Lurie,
Business Marketing Director
909 Third Ave., 30th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (212) 490-2500
www.alixpartners.com
www.linkedin.com/company/alixpartners

AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges—from urgent performance improvement to complex restructuring, from risk mitigation to accelerated transformation. These are the moments when everything is on the line—a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver. We partner with you to make the right decisions and take the right actions. And we are right by your side. When it really matters.

Axos Global Fiduciary Banking

Contact:
Marchand Boyd,
SVP and Sr. Managing Director, Global Fiduciary Banking
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: (844) 778-7793
www.axosbank.com/GFB

Axos Global Fiduciary Banking offers a complete suite of banking solutions to fit the needs of domestic and international fiduciary professionals. From expedited account openings to easy account management, our dedicated, responsive team is invested in your success. Axos Bank is well-versed with DIP depository needs, liquidating trusts, bankruptcy trusts, escrows and other fiduciary matters. Born digital on July 4, 2000, Axos Bank reinvented the banking model. Headquartered in San Diego with commercial resources across the country, Axos Bank is an FDIC-insured bank, and its holding company, Axos Financial, is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AX.”

BakerHostetler

Contact: Don Workman
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1100
Washington, D.C.  20036
www.bakerlaw.com

BakerHostetler offers creative solutions while staying attuned to cost sensitivities. Our focus covers the full spectrum of issues that arise in distressed situations in large and middle-market commercial bankruptcy cases. We will help with your business workouts, complex reorganizations and bankruptcy needs. We are backed by attorneys nationwide who specialize in such areas such as litigation, health care, tax and employment. You can count on us for complex insolvency cases, both nationally and globally, as we have done as court-appointed counsel to Irving H. Picard, SIPA trustee, for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

 

Blank Rome LLP

Contact: Ira L. Herman
Partner, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Email: [email protected]
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Phone: (212) 885-5052
www.blankrome.com

Blank Rome LLP is an AmLaw 100 firm with a nationally recognized and Chambers USA-ranked Finance, Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice, built on four decades of serving as a trusted advisor to leading domestic and foreign businesses. The practice includes more than 80 experienced and diverse finance and bankruptcy lawyers, primarily located in New York, Chicago, Delaware, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Houston, and Washington, DC. Blank Rome’s attorneys regularly provide counsel with respect to all aspects of in and out of court restructurings, including domestic and cross border matters. Our team of problem solvers regularly brings creative solutions to challenging situations to enable us to deliver outstanding outcomes for the benefit of our clients, whether they are institutional lenders, equity sponsors, non-traditional lenders, borrowers, the purchaser or seller of distressed assets, or fiduciaries, including committees, directors and officers, trustees, assignees and receivers.

 

B. Riley Advisory Services

Contact: Wayne P. Weitz
Sr. Managing Director
299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10171
Phone: (212) 457-3308

B. Riley Advisory Services works with lenders, law firms, private equity sponsors and companies of all types to address challenges brought on by solvency and litigation issues. Our Advisory Services are a unique mix of Restructuring and Turnaround Management; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Valuation and Appraisal; Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support; Operations Management; Compliance, Risk & Resilience Preparation; and Transaction Support including Due Diligence and Quality of Earnings Reviews.

 

CR3 Partners, LLC

Contact: William Snyder
13355 Noel Drive, Suite 2005
Dallas, TX  75240
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (214) 415-7167
www.cr3partners.com

CR3 Partners is a national turnaround and performance-improvement firm serving organizations and stakeholders across a broad range of industries during times of transition, opportunity, or distress. Our team consists of seasoned executives and industry veterans who bring a profound bias for action and exceptional results, with a keen focus on turnaround management, restructuring and operational improvement services. From our offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Richmond, CR3 Partners infuses agility, passion, experience and value creation into everything we do. To discover how we can transform the future of your business, please visit us at www.cr3partners.com.

 

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Contact: Paul H. Zumbro, Partner and Head Financial Restructuring and Reorganization Practice
825 Eighth Ave.
New York, NY 10019
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (212) 474-1036
www.cravath.com

Cravath has been active in restructuring since its early days of the Firm itself, pioneering the reorganization of the railroad industry and continuing to represent clients in restructuring transactions marking pivotal moments in history. The Firm has substantial experience with reorganization, restructuring and bankruptcy matters, including debtor and creditor-side engagements, debtor-in-possession and exit financing; advising directors and boards; distressed M&A; advising creditor groups and bankruptcy litigation. Clients benefit from Cravath’s role as strategic partner when faced with issues triggered by financial distress or insolvency, receiving complete representation from its restructuring specialists and premier Finance, Board Advisory, M&A and Litigation teams.

 

Delaware Trust, a CSC Company

251 Little Falls Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808
Contact: Steve Giurlando,
Head of Business Development
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (302) 485-1057
www.cscgfm.com

We are the business behind business®️. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, CSC and our wholly owned subsidiary, Delaware Trust, a fully regulated institution, are leading providers of corporate trust and agency services. CSC supports alternative-asset managers, capital-markets participants, merger and acquisition professionals, corporate and institutional borrowers, debt-issuers, restructuring professionals, and lenders and bondholders. Our expert team is comprised of lawyers, corporate trust administrators and financial professionals who not only understand Delaware’s business-friendly court system, but also operate on a global scale capable of transacting wherever our clients are.

 

Deloitte Turnaround and Restructuring

Contact: Ryan Maupin
Managing Director and National Leader
Email: [email protected]
www.deloitte.com/us/tandr

Deloitte’s Turnaround & Restructuring (Deloitte T&R) practice is a leader in helping organizations transform disruption or transition, financial difficulty, or crisis into opportunities for resilience. Having worked with both large multinational organizations and mid-market companies, we apply our deep experience and foresight to help our clients, their creditors, and other stakeholders achieve successful outcomes. Whether the goal is to enhance the performance of a company or guide stakeholders through complex turnaround or bankruptcy reorganization, our team works closely with the client to quickly understand their business and their most urgent issues.

 

Development Specialists, Inc.

10 LaSalle St., Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (312) 263-4141
www.dsiconsulting.com

Development Specialists, Inc. (DSI) is one of the leading providers of management consulting and financial advisory services, including turnaround consulting, financial restructuring, litigation support, fiduciary services and forensic accounting. Our clients include business owners, private equity investors, corporate boards, financial institutions, secured lenders, bondholders and unsecured creditors. For 45 years, DSI has been guided by a single objective: maximizing value for all stakeholders. With our highly skilled and diverse team of professionals, offices in the U.S. and international affiliates, and an unparalleled range of experience, DSI has built a solid reputation as an industry leader.

 

Getzler Henrich & Associates,
a Hilco Global Company

Contact: William H. Henrich, Co-Chairman
295 Madison Ave., 20th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (212) 697-2400
(212) 540-4480

Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected names in middle-market corporate restructurings and operations improvement and has successfully worked with thousands of companies to achieve growth and profitability. Working with a wide range of companies, including publicly held firms, private corporations, and family-owned businesses, Getzler Henrich’s expertise spans more than fifty industry sectors, from “new economy” technology and service firms to “old economy” manufacturing and distribution businesses. For more information on Getzler Henrich’s expertise, please visit getzlerhenrich.com.

Gray Reed

Contact: Jason Brookner,
Corporate Restructuring and
Bankruptcy Department Chair
Email: [email protected]
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4600, Dallas, Texas 75201

Phone: (469) 320-6132
www.grayreed.com
www.linkedin.com/company/grayreed/

Gray Reed’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department assists clients in pursuing efficient, innovative and sophisticated solutions in distressed financial situations. Our attorneys have significant experience representing troubled companies, trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, official and ad hoc committees, equityholders, owners, managers and other constituents in financial distress, workout, turnaround, restructuring, planning and bankruptcy scenarios — both in and out of court. A full-service law firm with offices in Dallas, Houston and Waco, Gray Reed has 150 attorneys who assist clients with myriad legal issues beyond corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, including commercial litigation, corporate transactions, oil and gas, tax planning and litigation, real estate, construction, health care, trusts and estates, employment law, family law and intellectual property.

Hilco Global Company

Contact: Gary C. Epstein,
EVP – Chief Marketing Officer | Hilco Global
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (847) 418-2712
www.hilcoglobal.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/thehilcoorganization

Hilco Global is a privately held diversified financial services company and the world's preeminent authority on maximizing the value of assets for both healthy and distressed companies. Hilco Global financial services leverage a unique blend of deep restructuring and advisory experience with capital solutions and principal investing. Hilco Global operates as a holding company comprised of over twenty specialized business units and delivers customized solutions to undervalued, high potential companies to resolve complex and stressed situations and enhance long-term enterprise value. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, Hilco Global operates on five continents and with large offices located in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia within the USA.

Polsinelli

Contact: Christopher Ward, Chair, Bankruptcy & Restructuring
222 Delaware Ave., Suite 1101
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 252-0922
[email protected]
www.polsinelli.com

Polsinelli is an AmLaw 100 law firm with (i) a national footprint, (ii) top ranked corporate restructuring and health care practices, and (iii) a mid-market rate structure with a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture. Polsinelli has represented numerous chapter 11 debtors, distressed borrowers, official committees, individual creditors, and bankruptcy litigants in both restructuring matters and their non-bankruptcy alternatives, including ABCs and business divorce litigation. Polsinelli’s representative engagements include serving as lead counsel to the chapter 11 debtors in MECTA Corporation, Hillside Village Keene, Senior Care Centers, Lucky’s Market, Bayou Steel Group, Elements Behavioral Health, Inc., Balance Point LLC, Orchids Paper Products Company, PhaseRx, Inc., The Original Soupman, and ActiveCare, Inc. Polsinelli’s experience also includes serving as counsel to the student committee and CCI Student Trust in Corinthian Colleges and serving as lead counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in Connections Community Support Programs, Cherry Bros., LLC d/b/a Cherrydale Farms, H. Krevit Inc., Open Range Communications, Crossroads Wireless and Ultimate Escapes. Polsinelli also hosts The Devil’s Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terms, the popular interactive webpage (devilsdictionary.polsinelli.com) that serves as a reference tool for all bankruptcy professionals, and produces the widely-cited Polsinelli BK Troller Indices.

Proskauer LLP

Contact: Jeff Marwil, Partner and
Practice Co-Head
Email: [email protected]
70 W. Madison, Suite 3800
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 962-3540
www.proskauer.com

Proskauer LLP counsels clients on all matters related to distressed situations, corporate governance, insolvency and bankruptcy. We have some of the finest and most creative business solutions and restructuring and governance lawyers in the world, who have played pivotal roles in a number of the most complex and high-profile matters. We represent every constituent (debtor, lender, unsecured creditor, board of directors, independent fiduciary, shareholder and new investor) involved with distressed businesses, and understand the goals, strategies and tactics of each of the parties. We work collaboratively to develop value-added resolutions for our clients and specialize in trial and appellate litigation, having won numerous landmark victories for clients.

Reid Collins & Tsai LLP

1601 Elm St., Suite 4200
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 420-8901
www.reidcollins.com

Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is a nationally recognized trial boutique that prosecutes high-stakes commercial and bankruptcyrelated litigation on an alternative-fee basis. Reid Collins is unique in several respects, including (1) its experience with high-profile cases involving large-scale financial fraud; (2) its expertise in pursuing claims against officers, directors, accountants, lawyers and banks relating to the underlying fraud; and (3) its willingness to pursue those claims on an alternative-fee basis. Reid Collins has earned many professional accolades, such as being named a “Top 10 Plaintiffs Firm in America” by Benchmark Litigation and as “Elite Trial Lawyers” for bankruptcy and commercial litigation by The National Law Journal.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

4 Times Square
New York, NY  10036
Phone: (212) 735-3000
www.skadden.com

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s Corporate Restructuring Group has consistently been recognized by peers and restructuring professionals as one of the top restructuring practices in the world. In addition to pioneering “prepackaged” or “prearranged” bankruptcies, the firm also pioneered the use of English law schemes of arrangement for European companies as an alternative to local restructuring and insolvency options. In the past year, our team of lawyers was recognized for its work on three of 2016’s “Largest Bankruptcy Filings,” and for making history as the first to ever receive court approval for the fastest billion dollar prepackaged restructuring.

Stretto

Contact: Cristina Terrasini, Vice President
Marketing 410 Exchange,
Ste 100 Irvine, CA, 92602
Email: [email protected]
www.stretto.com

Stretto delivers a full spectrum of case-management services, depository solutions, loan-modification services and technology tools to fiduciaries and legal professionals. Offering a comprehensive suite of corporate-restructuring, consumer bankruptcy, and debt resolution capabilities, along with multi-faceted deposit and disbursement services, Stretto provides an unparalleled portfolio of solutions under the executive leadership of industry veterans Eric Kurtzman and Jonathan Carson. Sitting at the center of the bankruptcy ecosystem, Stretto leverages deep industry expertise and market insights to facilitate every aspect of case and cash management for its corporate-restructuring and consumer bankruptcy clients, as well as fiduciaries and other industry professionals.