Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global accounting, tax and business advisory organizations. Through member firms in over 80 countries, including 50 offices in the United States, the partners and employees of Grant Thornton International Ltd member firms provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to public and private clients around the globe.
For more information, visit www.grantthornton.com.
Alston & Bird's integrated renewable energy practice incorporates within a single group, expertise in project development and finance, renewable energy policy, carbon management and renewable energy technology. The group's synergistic approach is unique among law firms and positions the group to add significant value to renewable energy transactions. The group's attorneys are experienced in all sectors of the space, including solar, wind, biofuels, biomass and commodity carbon. With over 800 attorneys, Alston & Bird's offices are in New York, Washington, Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte and the Research Triangle Park.
For more information, visit www.alston.com/.
Cooley Godward Kronish is a national law firm for the converging worlds of high technology, high finance and high-stakes litigation. We are counselors, strategists and advocates for the foremost private and public companies across a wide variety of industries and in all major technology fields. Our clients include business organizations, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial institutions, private equity firms, professional services firms and real estate owners and developers. Cooley has approximately 650 attorneys and represents clients in more than 20 industries.
For more information, visit www.cooley.com/.
DJM Realty, LLC, a Gordon Brothers Group company, is a diversified real estate consulting and advisory firm. DJM purchases, evaluates, restructures, disposes of and facilitates the acquisition of all types of real estate both nationally and internationally.
For more information, visit www.djmrealty.com/.
We've become the largest independent Retail and Consumer advisory firm serving both the US market and abroad because our passion for merchandising has led the way. We constantly strive to add breadth and depth to our knowledge and our network because a new idea or a new connection could turn a good deal into a great deal. Specialization and focus are the keys to our success.
For more information, visit www.financo.com/.
Founded in 1903, Gordon Brothers Group provides global advisory, operating and financial services to companies at times of growth or restructuring. Gordon Brothers Group appraises, acquires, sells, invests and lends against a wide range of assets, including:
- Retail
- Commercial & Industrial Assets
- Real Estate
- Accounts Receivable
- Brands
Gordon Brothers Group annually appraises over $30 billion of assets and acquires and/or sells over $10 billion worth of assets at original value. We also provide private equity capital and debt financing to consumer products companies and facilitate mergers and acquisitions with strategic partners.
Gordon Brothers Group is committed to serving both our clients and community with the innovation, professionalism and client focus that has been our benchmark for over a century.
For more information, visit www.gordonbrothers.com/.
The Hilco Organization (“Hilco”) is a privately-held, diversified financial and operational services firm whose principal competency is understanding the value of tangible and intangible business assets. Using this knowledge, Hilco appraises, buys, sells, finances and enhances the performance of business assets through an integrated platform of more than 20 business units located in North America and the European Union. Each unit provides a specific set of services pertaining to certain asset categories, to include consumer products and industrial inventory, machinery and equipment, real estate, accounts receivable and intellectual property. Among Hilco's core capabilities is its ability to provide a wide range of analytical, advisory, operational, asset monetization and capital investment services to help retailers -- healthy or distressed -- define and execute their strategic initiatives. Hilco can acquire, co-invest in or facilitate the merger of retail operations; purchase or otherwise dispose of duplicative stores, underperforming divisions, unnecessary distribution centers, inventory, owned real estate, leases, and furniture, fixtures and equipment. Hilco also provides retail restructuring services, interim store management, loss prevention services, marketing and advertising management, merchandising management, and strategic store opening programs. Over the years, Hilco principals have assisted retailer in monetizing assets valued in excess of $50 billion.
rds.
For more information, visit www.hilcotrading.com/.
Established in 1817, Hodgson Russ LLP is among the nation's oldest law firms. The firm has a tradition of excellence and a commitment to the highest ethical standards, and our mission is to provide value to our clients through high-quality work, outstanding service, and attention to individual needs.
The firm has more than 230 attorneys in eight offices in New York, New York (2); Toronto, Ontario; Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida; and Buffalo, Albany, and Johnstown, New York. The attorneys of the firm serve a wide range of clients, from individuals and nonprofit organizations to privately held and multi-national corporations. The firm practices in all major areas of the law, including litigation, business and banking, labor and employment, trusts and estates, and tax.
For more information, visit www.hodgsonruss.com.
Regarded by The Daily Bankruptcy Review as one of the premiere restructuring and reorganizing practices in the United States, Morris Nichols ranked first in the nation among mid-size and small law firms for the number of large, public-company bankruptcy cases filed around the country between 2001 and mid-2005 in which they acted as lead debtor’s counsel, and sixth nationally among law firms of all sizes. In Delaware, where nearly half of the nation’s largest bankruptcies are filed, Morris Nichols has actively participated in many of its most sophisticated proceedings, lending its resources and experience to assist troubled businesses and other major parties in large, complex proceedings.
For more information, visit www.mnat.com/practices-12.html.
Our firm was founded in 1962 by seven lawyers who believed that a law practice of the highest quality could be established in a creative and stimulating environment. The firm's lasting commitment to excellence has enabled us to maintain a level of practice equal to the largest and most renowned firms.
For more information, visit www.mto.com/.
Streambank™ understands intangible assets. From appraisals for asset-based lenders to executing complex sales and licensing agreements for both healthy and distressed firms, Streambank is your partner in excellence.
For more information, visit www.streambankllc.com.
With leading practitioners in our offices in New York, Houston, Dallas, Paris, London, Frankfurt and Munich, our firm offers the most broadly-based and comprehensive restructuring practice in the world. Our global practice is regularly acclaimed by the world’s most authoritative sources as pre-eminent of its kind. We serve a wide range of constituencies: debtors, creditors, equity holders, committees and potential purchasers of troubled companies or their assets. We have been involved in practically every major Chapter 11 reorganization case in the United States and in key national and international out-of court financial restructurings.
For more information, visit www.weil.com/.