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Morrison Foerster to Represent Unsecured Creditors’ Committee in Peer Street Bankruptcy Case

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Morrison Foerster was selected to represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Peer Street, Inc. and its affiliates. Peer Street is a California-based real estate investing platform that developed a marketplace connecting borrowers seeking capital to investors looking for real estate-related debt.

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Morrison Foerster was selected to represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Peer Street, Inc. and its affiliates. Peer Street is a California-based real estate investing platform that developed a marketplace connecting borrowers seeking capital to investors looking for real estate-related debt.The team leading this matter includes partners Lorenzo Marinuzzi and Ben Butterfield, and of counsel Raff Ferraioli.

Morrison Foerster to Represent Unsecured Creditors’ Committee in Peer Street Bankruptcy Case

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Lorenzo is global co-chair of the firm wide Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group. Lorenzo represents debtors, creditors, and creditors’ committees in complex bankruptcy cases, workouts, and litigation. His cases have spanned the United States as well as countless industries, such as airline and cargo transportation, mortgage origination and servicing, retail, banking and finance, energy, oil and gas, and telecommunications.Lorenzo has represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in numerous recent chapter 11 cases, including Peer Street, Incora/Wesco, Clovis Oncology, Valaris, Windstream Holdings, Inc., Cloud Peak Energy, Westmoreland Coal Company, Inc., The NORDAM Group, Inc., Avaya Inc., Armstrong Energy, Inc., 21st Century Oncology Holdings, Inc., Peabody Energy, Inc., Energy Future Holdings, Corp., and UCI International, Inc.Lorenzo’s deep experience and capabilities advising on precedent-setting bankruptcy and restructuring matters have not gone unnoticed. He is listed as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA and has also been recommended by The Legal 500 US. He was also designated by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine as an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer for his accomplishments in 2016 and 2017.

Lorenzo Marinuzzi

Partner

Ben Butterfield is a partner in the Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group in the New York office of Morrison Foerster.Ben has represented debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, official creditors’ committees, and directors and officers in complex restructuring transactions, including both out-of-court financial restructurings and chapter 11 proceedings. Ben has also represented clients in connection with international insolvency-related matters, including litigation-oriented matters as well as transactional work. He is also a member of our global ESG + Sustainability steering committee.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Ben was an associate in the New York office of another large law firm. He earned his J.D. from the New York University School of Law.Ben is admitted to practice in New York.

Benjamin Butterfield

Raff Ferraioli is of counsel in the Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group in the New York office of Morrison Foerster.Raff has worked on a broad range of restructuring matters across various industries. He has experience representing official committees of unsecured creditors, as well as ad hoc groups, creditors, debtors, and other parties-in-interest in all aspects of complex corporate restructuring strategies and bankruptcy cases. Raff has represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in numerous chapter 11 cases, including Thrasio Holdings, PeerStreet, Wesco Aircraft Holdings (Incora), Clovis Oncology, the NORDAM Group, Windstream Holdings, and Valaris Plc.Raff earned his J.D. at St. John’s University School of Law, where he was an Articles and Notes editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review and the managing director of the Moot Court Honor Society. After law school, Raff received his LL.M. in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law, earning the highest cumulative grade point average in the program.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Raff served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary Kay Vyskocil in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Raff Ferraioli

Of Counsel

Business Restructuring + Insolvency