G. Larry Engel is a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP. His practice focuses on bankruptcy, restructurings, hedge fund and insurance insolvency, and risky leveraged buyouts, DIP, exit, and complex financings, including for private equity funds, hedge funds, for real estate and other industries, as well as “commercial tech,” outsourcing and intellectual property transactions, including “bankruptcy proofing” licenses, technology ventures and collaborations. Mr. Engel’s experience covers a broad range of legal disciplines applicable in transactions involving financially distressed businesses and real estate, including salvage and/or recovery services and the purchase of assets, both in and out of bankruptcy. Mr. Engel has been honored by numerous legal and business organizations and publications, including, among others: • American College of Bankruptcy • International Insolvency Institute • American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers • Corporate Counsel’s The Best Lawyers in America • PLC/Global Counsel 3000 “Highly Recommended” lawyer for Restructuring/Insolvency • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business • World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers (Euromoney Guide) • United States Lawyers Rankings 2008 List of the Nation’s Top 10 Bankruptcy Lawyers • Northern California “Super Lawyer,” Law & Politics and SF Magazine Mr. Engel received his B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University in 1969 and his J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1972, where he was executive editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. Mr. Engel is a frequent lecturer and author for numerous business and legal organizations, including the ABI, the III, the PLI, the ABA, and the State Bar of California.