Technology & Telecom Lawyers in California

Debra Grassgreen, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, has significant experience representing debtors, trustees, and creditors’ committees in large and complex chapter 11 cases nationwide and internationally in the technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences industries both in and out of court. Debra is the past president of the International Insolvency Institute, is widely regarded as a leading expert on crossborder restructuring matters, frequently speaks and writes on crossborder matters and chairs the firm’s international insolvency practice.

Henry Kevane, managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office, has worked on transactional and bankruptcy matters with clients from a variety of industries. In 2011, the Daily Journal profiled him in a special supplement as one of the top 25 municipal lawyers in California for his work in chapter 9 bankruptcy cases.

Richard Pachulski, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, is widely regarded as one of the preeminent corporate restructuring attorneys in America. He has been named an “Attorney of the Year” by American Lawyer Media’s Recorder , and has been lead counsel on several deals that have been recognized as “Deal of the Year” by The M&A Advisor, Turnaround & Workouts and Global M&A Network.

John Fiero, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, serves as a co-chair of the firm’s committee practice group and maintains a national practice representing debtors, committees, acquirers, and other significant parties in interest in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, both in and out of court. John is an adjunct professor of law at UC Law San Francisco, where he teaches the bankruptcy course to second and third-year law students, and was co-chair of the 2018 California Bankruptcy Forum.

Malhar Pagay is a business lawyer, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, whose practice focuses on the development and implementation of strategic alternatives for and against distressed businesses. He has substantial experience representing chapter 11 debtors, trustees, unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, and other parties in the contexts of bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings, commercial litigation, mediations, domestic and international business transactions, business reorganizations, and out-of-court corporate restructurings of debt.