Pamela M. Egan

Pamela Egan is a Partner in our Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group with 20 years of experience leveraging the problem-solving powers of the bankruptcy court for her clients.  High-level litigation skills complement Ms. Egan’s creativity and tenacity.  Along with her colleagues, she handles all aspects of bankruptcy, including commencing and managing a bankruptcy case, negotiating DIP financing, selling and purchasing assets in and out of bankruptcy, claims resolution, and avoidance actions.

Representative Experience

• Counsel to the Chapter 7 Trustee in the bankruptcy case, In re Giga Watt, Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. WA, Case No. 18-03197. Extensive and successful litigation against parties who ran a cryptocurrency Initial Coin Offering. Settlement negotiations are in the final stages.
• Counsel to the Debtor in In re XS Ranch Fund VI, L.P, U.S. Bankruptcy N.D. Cal., Case No. 16-31367, involving a large real estate development in Texas.  Conceived and successfully executed strategy to use Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to wipe out approximately $30 million in secured debt.  Plan confirmed.  Creditors paid in full.
• Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, In re Empyrean Towers, LLC, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Cal., Case No. 15-42341.  The Committee’s constituency consisted primarily of tort claimants who asserted significant claims against the debtor as landlord of a single-room occupancy residential hotel in Oakland, CA.  The Committee was instrumental in ensuring the sale of the building to a non-profit, which is now renovating the hotel pursuant to a 50-year commitment with the City of Oakland to maintain the building as affordable housing with social services support.