Tobias S. Keller

Tobias S. Keller is a partner with Keller & Benvenutti LLP in San Francisco, where he counsels clients in a variety of industries dealing with financial distress, advising on dislocations arising from excessive leverage, uncontrolled litigation, or unanticipated employee or vendor problems, and the governance questions that arise in connection with those challenges. He has represented several over leveraged, venture-backed technology clients through out-of-court restructurings and/or bankruptcy preparation projects, and he has advised technology companies of all sorts (hardware, software, e-commerce, semi-conductor), biotech and life science companies, and “old economy” companies including a professional consulting company, a nutritional supplement company, various retailers, trucking companies and air-lines. He also has advised private-equity funds, parent companies and joint venturers in the restructuring of affiliates and strategies that both minimize legal exposure while maximizing their returns, committees in obtaining substantially increased returns for unsecured creditors, and buyers in acquiring distressed properties. Mr. Keller regularly lectures for organizations on governance, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and various restructuring topics. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Lawdragon 500, Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers (US News). Mr. Keller received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1985 fromHarvard College and his J.D. in 1990 from Stanford Law School.