Geraldine Ann Freeman is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy and restructuring, bankruptcy litigation, municipal and public entity restructuring and 9 other areas of law. Geraldine received a A.B. degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1979, and has been licensed for 43 years. Geraldine practices at Sheppard Mullin in San Francisco, CA.
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Areas of Law
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Business Law
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Other 11
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Municipal and Public Entity Restructuring
- Commercial Lending and Financial Transactions
- Asset Based Lending
- Debtor in Possession (DIP) Financing
- Equipment Leasing
- Equity Sponsor Finance
- Syndicated Credit Facilities
- Multifamily Housing
- REIT
Practice Details
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Firm InformationPositionOf CounselFirm NameSheppard Mullin
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesExperience: Representative Matters: Represented state court receiver in connection with the management
control of over 5,000 FCC licenses.
Represented institutional investor in preferred equity transactions involving multifamily real estate projects in California
Washington.
Represented agent bank as lead counsel in the workout of a defaulted loan to a government contractor with ongoing projects around the globe, resulting in the payment in full of the credit obligations.
Represented agent bank as lead counsel in the workout, bankruptcy, enforcement of creditors' rights
lien priority litigation, involving multiple loans made to a large residential home builder with partially completed housing projects throughout the Central Valley of California.
Represented a public REIT in connection with the funding of a cram down plan of reorganization pursuant to which it acquired a majority
controlling interest in a Chapter 11 debtor, which owned a 12-acre parcel located in Silicon Valley
suitable for development as a multi-family residential
retail project.
Represented defendants in multimillion dollar preference
fraudulent transfer proceedings brought by bankruptcy trustee, resulting in very favorable settlements.
Represented Chapter 11 Trustee as lead counsel in the bankruptcy of a national art gallery, including in the successful appeal of the order approving the Trustee's plan of reorganization.
Represented a public REIT as lender
investor in the documentation
workout (leading to a change in control) of a mezzanine loan
equity investment made to finance a multi-use development project in downtown Los Angeles, also financed with multiple bond issuances.
Represented the lender in a workout
eventual mixed collateral foreclosure sale of a time-share resort located in Napa Valley.
Represented a group of equipment lessors in the Chapter 11 case of Excite At Home, including as lead counsel in an action filed by the equipment lessors against the bondholders to enforce subordination provisions in the trust indenture,
in an action filed against the equipment lessors challenging their status as equipment lessors under the Bankruptcy Code. Also served as lead counsel to the equipment lessors in the negotiation of a plan of reorganization with multiple constituencies,
in the preparation
implementation of a distribution agreement among the equipment lessors to govern distribution among the group of $100 million in plan payments received by the equipment lessors
the distribution of all the leased equipment of Excite At Home located in hundreds of sites across Canada
the U.S. which was ab
oned to the equipment lessors pursuant to the plan.
Represented the independent members of the board of directors of a large international automotive parts company in connection with the insolvency
Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the company.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1983, California
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of California, Berkeley
Class of 1983
J.D.
Other EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Class of 1979
A.B.
with distinction in general scholarship
Geraldine Ann Freeman
Seventeenth Floor, Four Embarcadero CenterSan Francisco, CA 94111U.S.A.
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