About Us
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Our Philosophy
South Bay Law Firm was founded on two primary principles:
- Insolvency– an unfortunate reality of business and municipal “life cycles” – is a complex economic process that can nevertheless be managed, mitigated, and even turned to advantage.
- Within that process, the role of counsel must be to achieve value by minimizing loss, maximizing recovery, or realigning capital structure.
South Bay Law Firm’s value proposition is simple: provide clients with
- technical expertise grounded in decades of experience
- practical insight driven by strong business acumen
- relentless focus required to minimize loss, maximize recovery, or realign capital.
Our Results
Some recent results for recent clients:
- Trade creditors: Defended numerous preference “claw-back” actions, reducing creditors’ liability by 60% – 96%.
- Lessors: Negotiated structured dismissal of Chapter 11 case for landlord, facilitating landlord’s sale of commercial property.
- Prosecuted competing plan of reorganization in Chapter 11 case, resulting in a projected 40% recovery for landlord.
- Investors: Negotiated investors’ successful promissory note sales in debtor’s out-of-court corporate restructuring.
- Debtors: Reorganized small business debtors, twice confirming Chapter 11 plans that returned 100% to creditors.
- Negotiated debtor’s out-of-court conveyance of assets to lender through “Article 9” foreclosure.
- Bankruptcy trustees: Analyzed and cash-traced multiple fraudulent transfers of real and personal property, resulting in partial summary judgment for bankruptcy trustee.
Our Credentials
Education
- University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1987)
- Wharton School of Business (Minors 1987)
- Pepperdine University (J.D. 2001)
Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Southern and Eastern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuit
Clerkships
- Hon. Mitchel Goldberg, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (Riverside Division).
Our Involvement
Mediator
Served since 2016 as an appointed member of the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.
Correspondent
Served since 2013 as an adviser to the California State Bar Business Law Section’s Insolvency Law Committee.
Rising Star
Named in the “Rising Stars” 2004 edition of Super Lawyers, a publication that ranks California practitioners under age 40 based upon peer voting and an independent analysis of credentials, practice, and market reputation.
Our Thought Leadership
More, Better, Faster: Gauging the Effectiveness of Mexican Insolvency Reform
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 5, Issue5 (2008)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Voluntary ‘Wind-Ups’ and Eligibility for Chapter 15
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 6, Issue 4 (2009)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
A ‘Great Leap Forward’? Or a ‘Leap in the Dark’? What Happens When the New Chinese Enterprise Insolvency Law Meets US Courts?
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 5, Issue 1 (2008)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Advance Planning for US-Mexican Cross-Border Reorganisations
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 5, Issue 3 (2008)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Hold ’Em? Or Fold ’Em? Labour Claims, Secured Claims, Tax Liabilities and Their Potential Impact on the Outcome of Mexican Concurso Proceedings
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2009)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
In re Qimonda AG Bankruptcy Litigation: the edge of discretion
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (October 2010)
Published by kind permission of Butterworth’s (Publishing) Ltd.
Commotion over Comity: In re RHTC Liquidating Co. and Contemporaneous Bankruptcy Decisions Addressing ‘Comity’
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 7, Issue 5 (2010)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
In re Condor Insurance Ltd: the right result ... for the wrong reasons?
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (June 2010)
Published by kind permission of Butterworth’s (Publishing) Ltd.
Pre-packaged Reorganisations under Mexico’s Ley de Concurso Mercantiles: New Amendments Offer New Possibilities for Cross- Border Insolvencies
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 5, Issue 6 (2008)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Enterprise Insolvency Law of the People’s Republic of China: A Cross-Border Comparison
Presentation to 80th Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California
In re Stanford International Bank Limited [2009] EWHC 1441 (Ch) (co-authored with Adam Al-Attar, Barrister, 3-4 South Square, London, UK)
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 7, Issue 2 (2010)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Cross-Border Bankruptcy Reform in NAFTA Jurisdictions: Has Seizing Control of Troubled, Closely-Held Corporations Gotten Easier?
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 5, Issue 4 (2008)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Czyzewski v Jevic Holding Corp: some “priority” rules for “structuring” bankruptcy dismissals
Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (May 2017)
Published by kind permission of Butterworth’s (Publishing) Ltd.
“Stress testing” Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (October 2014)
Published by kind permission of Butterworth’s (Publishing) Ltd.
There’s Gold in Them Thar Claims: Funding Cross-Border Litigation in Crystallex’s Cross-Border Insolvency
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 9, Issue 2 (2012)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Jaffé v Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.: Exploring the Limits of ‘Additional Relief ’ and ‘Additional Assistance’ under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 11, Issue 2 (2014)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
Fraudulent Transfer Issues in Bankruptcy
Presentation to Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code: A Very Brief Overview for Non-US Practitioners
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 10, Issue 4 (2013)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
In re Fairfield Sentry, Ltd: More Guidance for Administrators Seeking Ancillary Recognition in the US
International Corporate Rescue, Volume 8, Issue 6 (2011)
Published by kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.
SURVIVING SEMINOLE: HOW TO DEAL WITH STATE TAX LIABILITIES IN BANKRUPTCY WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 106(A)
25 California Bankruptcy Journal 1 (1999)
Debt Equity: Recharacterization of debt in bankruptcy proceedings – and what to do about it
Webinar Presentation
Shareholders’ and creditors’ entitlements on insolvency: who wins where? (co-authored with R J de Weijs, University of Amsterdam
Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (November 2015)
Published by kind permission of Butterworth’s (Publishing) Ltd.
Loan to own? Or liquidate? US and Indian distressed debt investing compared
Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (November 2018)
Published by kind permission of Butterworth’s (Publishing) Ltd.
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