Valerie Bantner Peo, administrative co-chair of Buchalter's insolvency & financial law group in San Francisco, leads a creditors' rights practice. She handles a range of insolvency matters, including bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and receiverships. Her work has recently been focused on the agriculture sector with matters involving tree nuts and wineries; ranging from representing small family farmers in Chapter 12 bankruptcies to larger matters with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake.
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Key clients
- Rabo AgriFinance LLC
- Mechanics Bank N.A.
- Grain Processing Corporation
- Oracle America, Inc. and Oracle Credit Corporation
- Lewis Group of Companies
- Development Specialists, Inc.
- Insolvency Solutions Group
Work highlights
Represented Development Specialists, Inc. as court-appointed receiver in litigation arising from an ownership dispute involving Colonize Media, Inc.
Represented Grain Processing Corporation in fraudulent conveyance litigation against the shareholders of Virgin Scent, a company that allegedly failed to pay $12m under a contract.