Daniel B. Besikof

Daniel B. Besikof is a partner with Loeb & Loeb LLP in New York and a strategic partner in the firm’s Real Estate Investments and Transactions Department. He represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, landlords, equityholders, distressed investors and other stakeholders in connection with complex chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, corporate restructurings and liquidations. In addition, he represents clients in high-stakes bankruptcy-avoidance litigation, including fraudulent-transfer and preference litigation, and other commercial litigation matters. Mr. Besikof advises borrowers and lenders in connection with the structuring, negotiation and documentation of secured and unsecured financing transactions. He has served as counsel in connection with a variety of industries, including crypto, health care, retail, oil and gas, media, technology and real estate, including in troubled projects involving EB-5 financing. Mr. Besikof has published numerous articles on issues relating to crypto bankruptcies and provided his insight to major media outlets, including CNN, CNBC, ABC, Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Blockworks and Coindesk, among others. Prior to joining Loeb & Loeb LLP, he was an associate at Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP. Mr. Besikof has been named a “New York Metro Rising Star” in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights by Thomson Reuters and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Besikof received his B.S. in 2000 in personal finance from the University of Wisconsin and his J.D. in 2004 from Brooklyn Law School, where he received the American Bankruptcy Law Journal Student Prize. Following law school, he was a judicial jntern for Hon. Elizabeth Stong of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.