Mr. David Peress

David Peress is executive vice president of Hilco Retail Services in Boston, where he provides critical oversight and vision for all Hilco retail valuation and monetization client teams. In 2017, he added this new role to his existing responsibilities as a principal at Hilco Streambank, where he has successfullybuilt one of the top intangible asset-valuation and monetization practices in the nation, focusing on brands, trademarks, patents and domain names. Mr. Peress has 25 years of experience working in the\ncorporate restructuring and distressed-investing industry as both an advisor and investment professional. Until 2000, he 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, he led the special-situations investing business for Crystal Capital, a multi-strategy private\ninvestment fund, where he structured and managed debt and equity investments in several retailers and consumer products companies, including Tower Records, The Sharper Image, Polartec, Cranium, Tommy Armour Golf and Bob?s Stores. Mr. Peress is a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Accountants, 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\nof Law.