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An advisory firm specializing in corporate restructuring, challenged businesses, litigation, and other special situations.

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Specialized

Specializing in hands-on corporate restructuring, challenged businesses, litigation, and other special situations.

Experienced

Decades of experience, deep domain expertise, proven methodologies, and a passion for focusing on outcomes.

Accountable

Results-oriented and highly accountable, solving our clients’ problems takes center stage in everything we do.

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Expertise

We provide a full range of services that guide and support clients:

Corporate Restructuring

We apply deep expertise and technical financial aptitude to advise clients through in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

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Investment Banking

Force 10 professionals hail from leading investment banks and bring decades of experience advising on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate finance for both distressed and healthy companies.

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Fiduciary Services

Both debtors and creditors choose Force 10 to provide fiduciary services. We take control in difficult, often adversarial situations, quickly chart a clear, viable approach, and bring important transparency to the process.

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Litigation Support

Force 10’s litigation support assists with valuation, fraud investigations, financial disputes, fraudulent transfers, avoidable transactions, and the application of complex accounting.

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Fund Advisory

Force 10 protects, manages and maximizes the value of an investment fund while allegations of significant breaches of fiduciary duties or violations of law are being investigated.

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Digital Forensics

Uniquely qualified in the field of digital forensics, Force 10 understands how to find the data our clients are seeking, the systems and software involved, and how to replicate the environment that produced the data.

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“Results amplified by the power of intellect × expertise”

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What we do

Force 10 Partners specializes in hands-on advisory work for corporate restructurings, challenged businesses, litigation, and other special situations.

Our unique insights arise from our deep subject matter expertise and decades of experience developing creative solutions and implementing value-maximizing transactions that accomplish our clients’ objectives, in and out of court.

Adam Meislik

Adam leverages his accomplished career, spanning twenty-five years in restructuring and corporate finance, into various roles for his clients, including financial advisor, investment banker, CRO, expert witness, and fiduciary.

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Nicholas Rubin

Nicholas is a co-founder of Force 10. Previously, he was a Senior Managing Director with GlassRatner. Nicholas has over 20 years of combined leadership experience in capital markets, financial planning, commercial real estate, and corporate finance.

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Brian Weiss

Brian advises public and private companies with complex transactions, including business restructuring, crisis management, and acquisitions & divestitures.

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Monica Blacker

Monica is a Dallas-based Partner who joined Force 10 with a long track record as a restructuring expert, Chambers-recognized bankruptcy attorney and advocate for bringing diversity and women to top corporate positions. Monica Blacker is an investor, advisor and international speaker.

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Jeremy Rosenthal

Jeremy specializes in guiding public and private companies through challenging situations by developing and implementing creative solutions in complex distressed situations. Jeremy has significant experience guiding companies, boards, sponsors and lenders.

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Michael VanderLey

Michael is a Partner at Force 10. Michael is a career real estate and capital markets professional with an extensive background originating and asset-managing real estate equity and debt investments, plus over 15 years of advisory and consulting experience.

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Jorge González

As a partner at Force 10, Jorge co-manages the firm’s unsecured creditor advisory practice and leads the Miami office.

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Edward Kim

As a partner at Force 10, Ed co-manages the firm’s unsecured creditor advisory practice.

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News

  • March 14, 2023 Force 10 Partners Taps Industry Veterans to Lead Healthcare Performance Improvement Practice Read more »
  • February 20, 2023 Tuesday Morning Has Appointed Force Ten Partners to Assist with its Financial Restructuring Read more »
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Force 10

Engagements

Watsonville Community Hospital

Watsonville Hospital: Pending Chapter 11 Reorganization

Hospital is plagued by ongoing losses, while the community requires local care. Hospital district formation in process to facilitate a reorganization whereby the district will take over the facilities and operations.

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Yogaworks

YogaWorks: Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Force 10 procured DIP financing, conducted the 363 sale and advised on Plan confirmation.

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Rockport Development

Rockport Development: Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Force 10 developed and confirmed a liquidating plan of reorganization, completed the sale/disposition processes for the estate’s owned assets and LLC interests, generating cash for general unsecured creditors’ recovery on their claims.

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Secure Channels

Secure Channels: State Court Receiver

Force 10 took control of the company’s intellectual property and IT infrastructure to preserve for due diligence, discovery, and causes of action.

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Jagged Peak

Jagged Peak & Trade Global: Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Served as CRO and financial advisor to the Debtors. Conducted rapid restructuring resulting in sale and significant return to creditors.

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Carbonlite Recycling

CarbonLite: Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Over $250mm of asset sales within Chapter 11 proceeding resulted in significant distributions to unsecured creditors.

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airfast tickets

AirFastTickets: Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Appointed Sua Sponte as Receiver in Delaware Chancery Court. Then served as Responsible Party through Chapter 11 that raised cash through asset sales, avoided preferences and fraudulent transfers, and settled D&O claims resulting in approximately $5mm gross proceeds.

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Bruxie

Bruxie: Assignment For the Benefit Of Creditors

Took assignment and sold the assets of this high-concept Southern California based restaurant chain in a manner in which the buyer was able to immediately restart operations. Settled litigation claims with secured creditor and others.

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Luminance

Luminance Health Group: Chapter 11 and Chapter 7

Force 10 negotiated cash collateral with secured lender to collect outstanding receivables while Force 10 conducted an orderly wind down of operations. Force 10 then supported Chapter 7 trustee in various avoidance actions.

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Southern Inyo Healthcare District

Southern Inyo Community Hospital: Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy

Chapter 9 Reorganization to maintain continuity of healthcare in rural district.

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Rothenberg Ventures

Rothenberg Ventures: Venture Capital Fund Management

Financial advisor and fund manager to venture fund family that fell victim to sponsor misappropriations.

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Thomas Health

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Force 10 Partners
Force 10 Partners
5271 California Ave., Suite 270
Irvine, CA 92617
949 357 2360
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