Motors Liquidation Company
Detroit, MI | 2009 - 2011
When General Motors Corporation (GM) entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009—one of the largest and most complex environmental bankruptcies in U.S. history—the Principals of RES served as expert consultants to Motors Liquidation Company (MLC) and its financial advisor, AlixPartners LLP. The team provided strategic guidance on real estate management, environmental liability resolution, and redevelopment planning across GM’s extensive portfolio of former manufacturing sites. RES Principals developed innovative financial and insurance-based risk management structures to address environmental obligations while preserving reuse potential. Through coordinated negotiations with the U.S. EPA, state regulatory agencies, and federal stakeholders, the team helped establish cleanup frameworks and regulatory resolutions that facilitated the settlement of over $450 million in governmental cleanup claims and positioned many former GM properties for productive reuse and redevelopment.
Project Highlights:
- Served as expert consultants to Motors Liquidation Company and AlixPartners during GM’s 2009 bankruptcy
- Developed strategies for real estate disposition, reuse, and redevelopment of legacy GM sites nationwide
- Designed and implemented financial and insurance tools to manage environmental risk and liability
- Led negotiations with EPA and state agencies to establish cleanup standards and cost resolutions
- Facilitated settlement of over $450 million in governmental environmental cleanup claims
- Advanced pathways for redevelopment and economic reuse of former industrial assets
