Bio

Sandi Meneely Colabianchi is a partner and member of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights and Real Estate practice groups. Ms. Colabianchi's bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice includes representation of chapter 7 panel trustees, chapter 11 trustees, as well as creditors and landlords in bankruptcy and litigation matters. She has handled appeals of bankruptcy court decisions to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court. Ms. Colabianchi handles foreclosure, litigation and bankruptcy matters for lenders and special servicers for REMIC trusts involving commercial mortgage backed securities, conventional real property loans and guarantees. Her work in this area includes complex foreclosure, receivership, bankruptcy matters, workouts, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and property sales. The underlying real property assets in her practice and range from office towers to multi-family apartment complexes.