Saul E. Burian

Saul Burian is a managing director with Houlihan Lokey and head of its Real Estate, Lodging & Lei-sure Group in New York, where he specializes in advising public and private companies and creditor groups in complex restructurings, financings and other transactions. He also specializes in raising capital for troubled businesses and often represents debtor and creditor constituencies in pre-packaged, pre-negotiated and other bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Burian has been involved as an advisor in a wide range of restructuring transactions, including Answers.com, Barneys New York, CEVA Logistics, Constellis Holdings LLC, Extended Stay America, HealthSouth, Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives, JCPenney, J.Crew, Kaisa Group Holdings, Le Cirque, Lehman Brothers, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Mark IVAutomotive, MSR Hotels & Resorts Inc., Nine West Holdings, NPC International, Party City, PaylessShoes, Pinnacle Agriculture, Plymouth Industrial REIT, Production Resource Group, Purdue Pharma, RCS Capital, Sears Holdings, Transeastern Properties Inc., TriMark, Toys “R” Us and Winn-Dixie stores.He has experience in restructuring CDO- and CMBS-structured products, repurchase agreements and other complex real estate financing vehicles. In addition, he has advised investors in acquiring distressed assets and is a frequent speaker on restructuring, M&A and real estate topics. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Burian was a partner in the New York law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, where he specialized in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. During his 12 years at Kramer Levin, he represented a broad spectrum of clients who were often the primary at-risk constituencies in in- and out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcies, including bank lenders, debtors, creditors’ committees and secondary purchasers of distressed indebtedness. Mr. Burian received his B.A. in economics with honors from Ye-shiva University and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.