David Peress

David Peress is executive director of Hilco Retail Services in Boston and one of the practice leaders for Hilco’s IP Advisory Practice, where he provides critical oversight and vision for all Hilco IP valuation and monetization client teams. He has more than 30 years of experience working in the corporate restructuring and distressed-investing industry as both an advisor and investment professional. Until 2000, Mr. Peress was a partner in the bankruptcy department of Wilmington, Del.’s Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP. He later served as managing director and general counsel of The Ozer Group LLC, an asset-disposition firm, and as COO of Ozer’s Real Estate Services Co. Following the sale of The Ozer Group, Mr. Peress led the special-situations investing business for Crystal Capital, a multi-strategy private investment fund, where he structured and managed numerous debt and equity investments anchored by intangible assets. In 2010, he joined Streambank LLC, an independent IP asset advisory and valuation firm and helped onboard that business to the Hilco Global platform in 2011. Mr. Peress is a member of ABI and the Turnaround Management Association, and is a frequent speaker and author on issues related to corporate restructurings and distressed investing. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.