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Robert L. Eisenbach III is a partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice group. He joined the Firm in 1986 and is partner in charge of the San Francisco office. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America ® for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and recognized as one of Northern California's Super Lawyers®, Mr. Eisenbach focuses his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring matters. He frequently represents unsecured creditors' committees in Chapter 11 cases in a range of industries, including semiconductor and storage technology, biotechnology, healthcare and retail. In addition, Mr. Eisenbach regularly guides companies and their boards of directors through Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings. He is often asked by purchasers to help them navigate the unique issues involved when buying assets from financially troubled or bankrupt companies. He has represented clients in a wide variety of bankruptcy-related litigation, director and officer liability litigation, complex commercial litigation and intellectual property cases. Mr. Eisenbach's recent representations include: - Levi Strauss & Co. in its acquisition of approximately 70 outlet stores from Anchor Blue Retail Group, Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the District of Delaware;
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Shoe Pavilion, Inc., in the Central District of California;
- Dot Hill Systems Corp. in its acquisition of key intellectual property from Ciprico, Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the District of Minnesota;
- A private equity buyer of the European subsidiaries of MTI Technology Corporation in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the Central District of California;
- Old UGC, Inc., as lead reorganization counsel in its successful restructuring of $1.2 billion in debt through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York;
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Deltagen, Inc., a public biotech company, in the Northern District of California;
- Major landlords in the Chapter 11 reorganizations of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Western Nonwovens, Inc., Redback Networks, Inc., and Cable & Wireless USA, Inc., in the District of Delaware;
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of San Jose Medical Clinic, Inc., in the Northern District of California;
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Music Semiconductors, Inc., in the Northern District of California;
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Sanrise, Inc., in the Northern District of California;
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Track ‘n Trail, Inc., in the Northern District of California; and
- Levi Strauss & Co., Monster Cable, Inc., and other clients as creditors in bankruptcy cases throughout the United States, including Enron, WorldCom, Circuit City, and others.
Mr. Eisenbach publishes In The (Red)®: The Business Bankruptcy Blog, as a way for CEOs, CFOs, boards of directors, credit professionals, in-house counsel and others to stay informed about important business bankruptcy issues and developments. Recently, one of his blog posts was featured as an article in the ABF Journal entitled "Second Liens & Intercreditor Agreements: Are Those Bankruptcy Voting Provisions Really Enforceable?" He has developed a national reputation for helping clients deal with the intersection of intellectual property and bankruptcy law, representing licensors, licensees and others on these complex issues. He has served as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Technology-Oriented Bankruptcies of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section and is a frequent speaker on the interplay between bankruptcy and intellectual property law, as well as other aspects of bankruptcy law. Before joining Cooley, Mr. Eisenbach served as a law clerk to the late Judge Albert Tate Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. He received a J.D. in 1985 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, and completed his undergraduate education at Louisiana State University, where he graduated in 1982, summa cum laude, with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics. Upon graduation from LSU, he was awarded the University Medal for Highest Academic Achievement and received a Phi Kappa Phi National Graduate Fellowship.
Education- University of Virginia School of Law
JD, 1985, Order of the Coif - Louisiana State University
BA Political Science and Economics, 1982, Summa cum laude
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Admissions
Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum
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