Gregg D. Josephson

Partner

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Corporate, Securities, Tax, Banking/Financial Institutions, Bankruptcy, Restructuring

Admitted to Practice in:

California, New York

Experience

Former General Counsel of a major Southern California-based financial institution:

Served as chief legal counsel to all bank business units and as Corporate Secretary reporting directly to CEO and Board of Directors. As General Counsel, was responsible for all internal and external bank legal matters as well as corporate governance and securities compliance, including public securities filings and bank regulatory matters before the SEC, OTS and FDIC. Negotiated commercial lending transactions including revolving, asset-based, construction and land loans on behalf of Bank.

Served as Privacy Officer responsible for GLBA oversight, and worked closely with internal audit department and CFO on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and all risk mitigation initiatives.

Corporate and Finance (Law Firm Practice):

General corporate representation of numerous public and private companies on commercial contract matters, commercial lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions in the entertainment industry, license agreements and employment issues.

Represented numerous secured lenders who served as administrative agent to bank syndicates in senior secured credit facilities, including for clients such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.

Structured numerous commercial real estate transactions for real estate developers and landlords, including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions and financings.

Represented U.S. and international purchasers of a major hotel/casino, cosmetics manufacturers and software manufacturer. Also formed two professional auto racing teams, and advised partners in acquisition of NBA team.

Some other clients include Marcus & Millichap, Roll Corporation, Paramount Farms, City National Bank, UBS, Citibank, Natexis Banques Populaires and Comerica, each of whom were represented in a variety of lending and other commercial transactions.

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Represented debtors, official and unofficial committees, secured and unsecured creditors, DIP lenders, lessors and lessees of both real and personal property, and other parties in interest in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Also have national experience representing defendants in avoidance actions, and professionals with respect to bankruptcy retention and fee related issues. Handled numerous matters related to Chapter 11 cases, including Chapter 11 plan confirmation trials and appeals, and claims allowance litigation.

Significant matters include representing co-chairman of the Creditors Committee in the Enron Corp. bankruptcy and Enron's largest unsecured creditor holding over $5 billion in claims, lead debtor's counsel in prepackaged bankruptcy case with over $500 million in unsecured debt and counsel to Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts in connection with its Chapter 11 case.

MEMBERSHIPS

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member

Sacramento County Bar Association, Commercial Law Sections, Member

State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Member

State Bar of New York, Member

United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits, Admitted to Practice

Association of Corporate Counsel of America, Member

EDUCATION

Whittier College School of Law (J.D., 1998), Valedictorian

Indiana University (B.A., 1991)

PUBLICATIONS

19 Whittier Law Review 533, “Couching the Law of Privilege: Supreme Court Recognition of Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege in Jaffee v. Redmond,” Author

Whittier Law Review, Executive Editor

PRESENTATIONS

Association of Commercial Real Estate, Make More Money seminar series, “FORECLOSURE 101: Basic Foreclosure, Workouts, and Real Property in Bankruptcy and What They Mean to You,” 2009, Co-Presenter

California Bankers Association, General Counsel Roundtable

CHARITABLE

Sacramento Ballet, Board Member

Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, Board Member