Amir Gamliel

Amir Gamliel is a partner with Perkins Coie LLP in Los Angeles and represents clients in business reorganizations, out-of-court restructuring work, and litigation involving complex financial transactions. He is experienced in the finance sector, covering areas including commercial mortgage-backed securities, technology, aerospace, real estate and retail industries. Mr. Gamliel counsels secured creditors, including through the largest master and special servicers in the U.S., as well as unsecured creditors ranging from licensors of intellectual property to major landlords, property lessors and committees. He advises financially troubled businesses regarding bankruptcy and nonbankruptcy alternatives, and directors and officers of such businesses on mitigating litigation risk. Mr. Gamliel represents buyers in distressed asset and debt acquisitions, and he maintains a robust practice defending parties in preference and fraudulent-transfer avoidance actions. He also counsels on complicated supply-chain issues, including access and accommodation agreements, assignments for the benefit of creditors and orderly dissolutions. Experienced in business litigation in state and federal courts and arbitrations, Mr. Gamliel has tried cases ranging from contested plan confirmation hearings and avoidance actions (fraudulent transfer and preference litigation) in bankruptcy to business torts, trade secrets and commercial contract disputes outside of bankruptcy. He has successfully appealed decisions in both state and federal court, and he frequently represents parties in post-trial judgment-enforcement actions. Mr. Gamliel received his B.A. in business economics magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006 and his J.D. in 2009 from UCLA School of Law, and he completed an executive program in 2017 at UCLA Anderson School of Management.