Keller Benvenutti Kim
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Firm Overview
Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP is a corporate bankruptcy, restructuring, and crisis management law firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm’s small size and lean staffing model assures KBK clients of the personal attention and active involvement of experienced senior lawyers who relish the role of counsellor, advisor, and advocate in our fields of expertise. KBK attorneys represent distressed companies, creditors’ committees, investors, purchasers, and others in restructurings, bankruptcies, and other risk-laden situations, including litigation. The firm’s experience spans a range of business sectors, including technology, biotech, construction, energy, real estate, hospitality, healthcare, municipal debt, retail, transportation, telecom, and professional services.
Managing Partners: Tobias S. Keller, Peter Benvenutti, Jane Kim
Number of partners: 5
Number of other lawyers: 4
Firm Expertise:
Restructuring
Crisis Management
Litigation
Distressed M & A
Counsel to Directors & Officers
Business Sectors:
· technology
· biotech
· automotive and transportation
· asbestos mass torts
· web merchants
· construction
· energy
· real estate
· hospitality
· healthcare
· municipal debt
· retail
· transportation
· telecom
· professional services.
Key Contacts
Partner
Tobias S. Keller
[email protected]
Partner Emeritus
Peter Benvenutti
[email protected]
Partner
Jane Kim
[email protected]
Firm Rankings
Restructuring & Insolvency
Band 1
9.0
Leading Lawyers
Articles
Jane Kim is the Firm’s managing partner. She advises debtors in possession, distressed companies, and other parties, in both in-court and out-of-court situations. Jane’s recent engagements include representing Trinitas Advantaged Agriculture Partners IV, LP and its subsidiary almond ranch operations in the Central Valley of California, and Shift Technologies, Inc., an omnichannel automobile retailer, in […]
The Third Circuit opinion in In re LTL Management LLC adds to the growing number of decisions looking at the extent to which bankruptcy can be used (or, in the view of some, misused) to resolve mass tort litigation . Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (“Old Consumer”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”), […]
Press Releases
KBK is excited to announce the latest addition to our team, attorney Jeremy Richards. With an extensive legal career spanning over 42 years, Jeremy brings a wealth of experience, particularly in bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation. Jeremy’s industry expertise is broad-ranging, covering manufacturing, service industries, software, retail, entertainment, real estate, and financial services. Jeremy is pleased […]
Dara Levinson Silveira Joins KBK Partnership, Effective January 1, 2024 Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP is pleased to welcome Dara Levinson Silveira to the partnership effective January 1, 2024. Dara joined KBK in 2016, having previously worked with Tobias Keller and Peter Benvenutti at Jones Day. Since then, Dara has been a key part of many of the Firm’s largest restructuring cases, and, more […]
Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP is proud to celebrate its 10 Year anniversary this October. Since its inception in 2013, KBK has guided clients through in-court and out-of-court corporate bankruptcy, restructuring, crisis management, and litigation matters. We have represented distressed companies, creditors’ committees, investors, purchasers, and others in proceedings and transactions around the country. We are […]
KBK is pleased to announce the recent additions of partner Traci Shafroth and of counsel George Kalikman to the firm. Traci specializes in complex commercial litigation and appeals in a range of sectors including financial, software, manufacturing, and private equity. She has also served on national and local counsel teams defending pharmaceutical, medical device, and […]
Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized by Best Lawyers®: Best Law Firms with National Rankings for Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Keller Benvenutti Kim has also received Tier 1 Regional Rankings in both Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor […]
Keller Benvenutti Kim wishes everyone a happy and healthy 2023. As we ring in the new year, KBK is pleased to announce that Jane Kim has taken on the role of the Firm’s Managing Partner, and Dara Levinson Silveira and Thomas Rupp have been promoted to Senior Counsel, effective as of January 1, 2023. These […]
The firm is pleased to announce that partners Peter J. Benvenutti and Berry D. Spears have been identified as outstanding attorneys in the 2023 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Restructuring & Insolvency. This international list of attorneys, cultivated via independent research with clients and peers, recognizes restructuring’s highest-ranking lawyers. The partners of KBK congratulate Peter […]
KBK Recognized as a Tier 1 Bankruptcy Law Firm in California by Benchmark Litigation Keller Benvenutti Kim is proud to announce that the firm has been recognized as a Tier 1 Bankruptcy Law Firm in California by Benchmark Litigation. KBK partners Tobias Keller and Jane Kim also earned rankings as Litigation Stars by Benchmark Litigation. […]