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Practices
Ori Katz
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Ori Katz is an associate in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Katz specializes in business bankruptcies and creditors' rights. He has represented debtors, individual creditors, creditors' committees, parties purchasing assets out of bankruptcy and parties involved in bankruptcy litigation. He has represented chapter 11 debtors in a wide range of industries, including real estate, retail, construction, biotech, telecommunications and internet businesses. He has also represented lenders in connection with loan workouts, restructurings and foreclosures.
Education
- J.D., Boston University, 2000, magna cum laude
- B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
Clerkships
- Extern to the Honorable Lynne Riddle, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California
- Extern to the Honorable William C. Hillman, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Boston, Massachusetts
Admissions
- California
- Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central District Courts of California
Representative Matters
Represents Chapter 11 debtor Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, in connection with its reorganization.
Represents Chapter 11 debtor The Billing Resource dba Integretel, a billing aggregator, in connection with its reorganization.
Represents private equity fund in connection with loan workouts, restructurings and foreclosures of over $250 million in obligations due on a portfolio of loans.
Represents U.S. Bank, N.A. in connection with loan workouts, restructurings and foreclosures.
Represents various defendants in avoidance action litigation in bankruptcy courts throughout the Northern District of California.
Represented Chapter 11 debtor 500 W. Broadway, L.P., the owner and developer of the real estate project at the site of the historic YMCA building in downtown San Diego, in connection with the successful confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
Represented Union Bank of California, N.A. in its capacity as a pre-petition senior secured lender to Chapter 11 debtor SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc.
Represented the official committees of unsecured creditors of Chapter 11 debtors J.T. Thorpe, Inc. and certain affiliates in connection with the plan confirmation process and establishment of a trust for the benefit of asbestos victims.
Represented Dillingham Construction Holdings, Inc. and ten of its affiliates in the orderly liquidation and winding up of its businesses through a Chapter 11 liquidating plan, including completion of several hundred million dollars in construction projects and the sale of significant portions of the Debtors' businesses as going concerns.
Represented Diageo North America, Inc. in connection with various matters relating to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of a California grape farmer and a dispute involving the rejection of a grape purchase agreement covering hundreds of acres of vineyards. The Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving Diageo's motion to compel the debtor to reject the grape purchase agreement and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit affirmed on appeal.
Represented General Electric Capital Corporation in connection with its successful application for an appointment of a receiver over a recreational vehicle resort known as Pacifica Park RV Resort.
Represented Douglas Wilson as the court-appointed receiver of a thirteen story office space in Santa Clara, California known as Regency Plaza. The receiver was successful in recovering approximately $3 million in assets that had been transferred to insiders in the months prior to the receiver's appointment.
Represented official committee of unsecured creditors of Standard Media International aka The Industry Standard in connection with the sale of portions of the Debtor's business and the orderly liquidation of the Debtor's assets, resulting in significant distribution to general unsecured creditors.
Represented Advanced TelCom Group, Inc. and three of its affiliates in connection with confirmation of a successful Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, culminating in the continued operations of the Debtors' telecommunications businesses in various markets on the West Coast.
Represented landlord Convention Way Associates, LLC in connection with the bankruptcy filing of its tenant, Chapter 11 debtor NewChannel, Inc., resulting in a favorable settlement of the landlord's claims against the Debtor.
Represented Chapter 11 debtor iSyndicate, Inc. and its affiliate in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets through an auction and the confirmation of a chapter 11 plan of liquidation.
Represented Chapter 11 debtors Natural Wonders, Inc. and World of Science, Inc. in connection with the orderly liquidation of its business, including the auction of various shopping center leases and the winding up of operations at over 200 different shopping centers located throughout the country, and the confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan of liquidation.
Represented Chapter 7 debtor Innovacom, Inc., a Silicon Valley manufacturer of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video transmission systems, in connection with the winding up of its affairs.