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Debra I. Grassgreen
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1 Sansome Street, Ste 3430
San Francisco CA USA , 94104
T: 415-263-7000
F: 415-263-7010

Professional Bio:

Ms. Grassgreen has significant experience representing debtors, trustees, and creditors’ committees in large chapter 11 cases nationwide and internationally. Ms. Grassgreen is an author and frequent speaker on various bankruptcy-related topics including the management of large and complex chapter 11 cases, the treatment of intellectual property rights in bankruptcy, issues in hi-tech bankruptcy cases, cross-border bankruptcy issues, and issues facing individual chapter 11 debtors. Ms. Grassgreen participates in the United Nations working group (UNCITRAL) that has been developing a uniform international insolvency law and materials to assist countries in the adoption and implementation of insolvency legislation. She also serves on the Advisory Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. Ms. Grassgreen is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, a fellow of the International Insolvency Institute, and is listed in “San Francisco’s Best Lawyers” by Best Lawyers in America for her work in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law. She holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, and was recently ranked among Bankruptcy/Restructuring attorneys by Chambers USA. In 2011, she was named a “Northern California Super Lawyer” by San Francisco Magazine. In 2013, she was named by the Daily Journal as one of the top 100 women lawyers in California. Ms. Grassgreen is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she also received her J.D., and is admitted to practice in Florida as well as California.

Practice Areas:

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
Claims Management and Balloting
Claims Settlement Services
Creditors' Committee Representation
Crisis Communications
Debt Restructuring
DIP Lending
Distressed Asset Sales
Document Management
Electronic Discovery
Exit Financing
Factoring
Financial Public Relations
Insurance Claims
Intellectual Property
Interim Corporate Management
Life Settlement
Litigation and Litigation Consulting
M&A
Operational Turnarounds
Refinancing
Risk Management
Surety Bond
Technology Management
Valuation
Virtual Data Rooms

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Automotive
Agriculture
Commodities
Consumer goods
Energy
Entertainment
Financial services
Food Services
Healthcare
Industrial goods
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Manufacturing
Media
Mining/Oil/Gas
Publishing
Real Estate
Retail
Services
Technology
Transportation services
Travel & Hospitality
Utilities

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