Managing Director and National Origination Leader of GlassRatner Advisory and CTP, Certified Turnaround Professional with over 35 years experience in U.S. and emerging markets cross-border restructuring and insolvency. He serves as Chief Restructuring Officer or Responsible Party for debtors (or ...more

Managing Director and National Origination Leader of GlassRatner Advisory and CTP, Certified Turnaround Professional with over 35 years experience in U.S. and emerging markets cross-border restructuring and insolvency. He serves as Chief Restructuring Officer or Responsible Party for debtors (or their creditors) and leads engagements as Financial Advisor for Unsecured Creditors Committees or major creditors and trustees. Seth frequently works on very large and complex Ponzi scheme, fraud and tax-related cases such as DC Solar (In re Double Jump, Inc.), Easterday Ranches and Catholic Institution chapter 11 cases. He has broad real estate experience including development, construction, financing, workouts and distressed assets. He provides fiduciary services including Post Confirmation Administrator, Independent Director, Federal Receiver and Assignee (ABC). His cross-border expertise includes U.S., India, China, Vietnam, Greece and Mexico, Guatemala and Argentina. Seth is a director of the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum and an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Association of Insolvency the San Francisco Bar Association and the International Cannabis Bar Association and the Ag Lenders Society of California. He is a former officer and director of TMA Northern California Chapter. Seth's highly effective complex problem-solving experience enables him to efficiently initiate, manage and execute solutions on behalf of debtors, creditors, investors, lenders and boards. He is a frequent contributor on Bloomberg and CNBC and a sought after speaker for professional events and MBA programs, including Wharton, Harvard, Chicago Booth, Berkeley Haas, Thunderbird, Georgetown. He has taught executive classes in New York, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai and Saigon. Prior to B. Riley, Seth R. Freeman was the CEO and a co-founder of an emerging and frontier markets cross-border focused restructuring advisor and registered investment manager. His investment management experience includes organizing and managing emerging markets investment strategies include private (hedge) funds, private equity and a 40 Act India mutual fund. For over 20 years, Seth has been a leading advocate of emerging and frontier markets Socially Responsible investing (SRI) that incorporates ESG factors in investment decisions, monitoring and reporting.less