On November 2, 2009, Kramer Levin was chosen as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors of Capmark Financial Group Inc., consisting of JP Morgan Chase, Law Debenture, RBS, Varde Partners and Wilmington Trust. CapMark and its subsidiaries are a group of commercial real estate financial services companies whose assets at book value exceed $20 billion. The Kramer Levin team consists of Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy partners Thomas Moers Mayer and Amy Caton, and associates Joshua Brody, Elan Daniels, Shai Schmidt and Joseph A. Shifer; Corporate partner Kenneth P. Kopelman; Banking and Finance partners David J. Fisher and Steven M. Goldman; and Tax partner Barry Herzog.