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Gary is a regular ultimate Frisbee competitor and was a collegiate champion in the sport. He’s an avid skier, cyclist and hiker. Beyond sports and the outdoors, Gary is a music lover, festival junkie and wine enthusiast.
Firm Highlights
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Questions Wineries Need to Answer Before Talking With Lenders About Coronavirus-Caused Financial Woes
The coronavirus pandemic and public health efforts to combat it will impact different wine businesses in different ways. Those that depend upon on-premise and direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales — such as restaurant, hospitality, and tasting room...
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Hospitality Companies and Their Lenders: Preparing for Difficult Conversations
In a sudden reversal of generally expansionary trends, the hospitality business has been among the most immediate and badly hit economic sectors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting stay-at-home and...
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Wine Businesses, Lenders, and Difficult Conversations
The COVID-19 pandemic and public health efforts to combat it will impact different wine businesses in different ways. Those that depend on on-premise and direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales, such as restaurant, hospitality, and tasting room...
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How Grape Growers Can Protect Their Interests When a Winery Approaches Insolvency
A lot goes into the making of great wine, and when a winery becomes financially unstable, there are multiple competing interests that need to be satisfied, including the banks that provide the winery with...
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Protecting Suppliers and Customers of Insolvent or Bankrupt Companies
Some 3,600 companies having already filed for Chapter 11 protection in the first half of 2020—more than in any year since 2012—and many are bracing for an even greater surge of bankruptcy filings before...
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News
Farella Braun + Martel Attorneys Named to 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Forty-one Farella Braun + Martel attorneys across practice areas were named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists of top attorneys in Northern California for 2020. Farella attorneys named among 2020 Northern California...
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Non-Residential Lease Default Workouts, Security Deposits and Bankruptcy
What are the bankruptcy implications of the treatment of a tenant’s security deposit following a payment default? Many non-residential tenants are now or are likely in the future to be unable to pay rent...
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PG&E Bankruptcy: Lessons Learned and a Path Forward
Farella's Unplugged Renewable Energy Series features Nick Moore (moderator) and Gary Kaplan (panelist) discussing "PG&E Bankruptcy: Lessons Learned and a Path Forward." The California power giant, PG&E, has emerged from the country’s largest utility bankruptcy proceeding as...
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Treatment of Commercial Leases in Tenant Bankruptcy - The Basics
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc with the nation’s economy, we have started to see bankruptcy filings by well-known companies such as GNC, J. Crew, Neiman Marcus, Modell’s, 24 Hour Fitness, Gold’s...
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