George Kalikman
of Counsel @Keller Benvenutti Kim Llp
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WORK HISTORY
of Counsel @Keller Benvenutti Kim Llp
San Francisco, CA, US
EDUCATION
Phillips Exeter Academy
PEA Diploma
Harvard University
A.B., cum laude
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
J.D.
SKILLS
ABOUT GEORGE KALIKMAN
George Kalikman represents businesses ranging from closely held to publicly traded companies that are engaged in diverse industries including financial services, real estate investment, real estate development, telecommunications, information technology, manufacturing, music and entertainment, resort and hospitality, construction, oil and gas, agriculture, health care, and insurance. He has advised many public and private companies and closely held businesses in a broad range of commercial transactions and corporate, finance, and real estate matters. He has represented money center banks, investment banks, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital investors, real estate investors, and other secured and unsecured creditors in financial restructuring, commercial financing, loan documentation, secured transactions, workouts, bankruptcy, secured creditor enforcement, and other transactional and litigation matters. He has created form loan and security and credit facility documentation for a money center bank, a major U.S. manufacturer of home and hardware products, a leading international electronics manufacturer, and an international pharmaceutical services provider.He has substantial experience in structured finance transactions, asset-backed securitizations, and the workout, restructuring, and refinancing of complex securitized and structured financings. He has significant experience in the issuance of “true sale,” “true transfer,” and substantive non-consolidation opinions in real estate and intellectual property securitizations.Mr. Kalikman has had an active mediation practice for more than 30 years, both as a retained neutral and as an advocate on behalf of his clients. During law school, he trained under the renowned mediators-arbitrators Justice Joseph R. Grodin and Sam Kagel.After California enacted legislation requiring a local public entity to engage in mediation with its principal creditors before being authorized to file a municipal bankruptcy case under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code, Mr. Kalikman was selected by the parties to serve as the mediator in one of the first cases arising after the passage of the new state law.
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