Larry Rifken leads the firm's Virginia and Washington, D.C. Region Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice. He concentrates his practice in the area of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring with an emphasis upon commercial bankruptcy, commercial workouts and real estate workouts. He has wide-ranging experience in the representation of debtors, creditors, creditors' committees, financial institutions, venture capital funds, investors and acquirers in all areas of bankruptcy and workout-related work as well as experience in fraud cases, Ponzi scheme cases and leading fraud and forensic investigations. In addition, Larry regularly serves as clients' designated representative on creditors' committees and has served as chairman of four national committees. He has also served as a plan administrator and liquidating trustee.
Areas of Concentration
ˇ Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases
ˇ Creditors committees
ˇ Business reorganizations
ˇ Financial restructurings
ˇ Commercial loan workouts
ˇ Real estate loan workouts
ˇ Asset sales and asset acquisitions
ˇ Fraud and Ponzi scheme cases
ˇ Fraud and forensic investigations
Significant Representations
ˇ Co-Counsel, US Airways Group, Inc. (Alexandria, VA)
ˇ Committee Counsel, Tower Records (Wilmington, DE)
ˇ Committee Counsel, Vijay K. Taneja and Financial Mortgage, Inc. (Alexandria, VA)
ˇ Committee Counsel, North America Refractories Company (Pittsburgh, PA)
ˇ Committee Counsel, Global Industrial Technologies, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
ˇ Committee Counsel, National Spa & Pool Institute (Alexandria, VA)
ˇ Committee Chairman, Louis J. Pearlman and Trans Continental Airlines, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
ˇ Committee Chairman, Texas Petrochemicals LP (Houston, TX)
ˇ Committee Chairman, Mercury Plastics, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
ˇ Committee Chairman, Foss Manufacturing Company (Manchester, NH)
ˇ Committee Member, Friedman Bag Company (Los Angeles, CA)
ˇ Plan Administrator/Liquidating Trustee, Felt Manufacturing Co. (Manchester, NH)
* Certain of the representations listed above were handled by Mr. Rifken prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Professional & Community Involvement
ˇ Member, Virginia State Bar Bankruptcy Law Section
- Board of Governors (1999-2005)
- Member, Long Range Planning Committee (2009-Present)
ˇ Board of Directors, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association (1991-Present)
- President Elect (2011-2012)
- President (2007-2008)
- President (1996-1997)
ˇ Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
ˇ Member, Management Association
ˇ Member, Eastern District of Virginia Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee (2009-2010)
ˇ Member, Alexandria, Virginia, Bankruptcy Court/Bar Liaison Committee (2009-2010)
Awards & Recognition
ˇ Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (2006-2012)
ˇ Team Member, Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year" (2011)
ˇ Listed, Virginia Business "Legal Elite," Bankruptcy Law (2009)
ˇ Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
(Also at Washington, D.C. Office)