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Amir Gamliel represents clients in business reorganizations, out-of-court restructuring work, and litigation involving complex financial transactions. He is experienced in such industry sectors as finance, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS); technology; aerospace; real estate; and retail. Amir provides an efficient, results-driven approach on all of his matters, drawing on his business economics and accounting background, as well as his understanding of expected utility theory and prospect theory as behavioral models of decision-making.
In his national bankruptcy practice, Amir counsels secured creditors, including through the largest CMBS special servicers in the country, as well as unsecured creditors, ranging from licensors of intellectual property (IP) to major landlords, property lessors, and committees of unsecured creditors. He also advises financially troubled businesses regarding bankruptcy and nonbankruptcy alternatives, and directors and officers of such businesses on mitigating litigation risk. Amir represents buyers in distressed asset and debt acquisitions and maintains a robust practice defending parties in preference and fraudulent transfer avoidance actions.
In his restructuring practice, Amir counsels parties on complicated supply chain issues, including access and accommodation agreements, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and orderly dissolutions. Amir has presented programs on complex bankruptcy transactions, receiverships, preferences and fraudulent transfers, national retail tenant bankruptcies, and other crossover issues involving financial transactions and bankruptcy law.
Amir has developed extensive business litigation experience in state and federal courts and in arbitrations. He has first-chaired multiple bench trials, including representing a secured lender in a contested plan confirmation hearing and a creditor in a non-dischargeability adversary proceeding in bankruptcy. His second-chair trials have involved trade secrets, business tort claims, and net-lease transactions. Amir has successfully appealed decisions in both state and federal court, and has also represented parties in post-trial judgment enforcement actions. Described by clients as a “go-to lawyer for thorny disputes that need creativity and finesse to create a win-win resolution,” Amir represents parties in complex litigation involving financial transactions (including receiverships and guarantor lawsuits), contract disputes, business tort claims, and real estate.
In addition to his legal practice, Amir holds numerous leadership roles within the firm. He serves as one of 24 partners on the firmwide Associate and Counsel Evaluation Committee. He also continues to serve as a long-time member of the Los Angeles office Diversity & Inclusion Committee, the Hiring Committee, and the Summer Associate Committee. Amir frequently interviews and mentors associate candidates at law schools across Southern California. In his free time, Amir enjoys taking group fitness classes and going to cafes with his wife, Alexis, who also is a lawyer, as well as taking their daughter, Ella, to dance classes, local parks, and farmers markets.
