Larissa Gotguelf
Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Larissa Gotguelf is an accomplished real estate and restructuring consulting professional with more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate, restructuring, interim management, business strategy and operations and litigation consulting.
Ms. Gotguelf has provided transaction and financial advisory services in consulting, restructuring and litigation settings to real estate investors, developers, lenders, loan servicers, receivers, corporate real estate users and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) investors. She also brings extensive experience in interim management, real estate leasing and negotiations, acquisition and disposition, site selection, corporate finance, business strategy and portfolio analysis.
Throughout her career, Ms. Gotguelf has advised clients in matters involving a variety of property types, including retail, hotel and leisure, land, office, multifamily, healthcare, senior housing and fractional ownership. Her work on these assignments involved financial modeling, market research, debt restructuring, damages analysis and valuation, as well as claims analysis, disposition strategy and liquidation, CMBS transactions, underwriting review and due diligence. In addition to real estate,Ms. Gotguelf has worked with organizations in investment management, healthcare, financial services and education sectors.
Ms. Gotguelf’s clients have included such organizations as Aequitas Capital Receivership, MidlandLoan Services, Loma Linda University Medical Center, LNR, ORIX, Bank of America, JPMorganChase, Ambac, Residential Capital, Diablo Grande and Beazer.
Ms. Gotguelf has been invited to speak on restructuring and real estate industry topics by the Turnaround Management Association (“TMA”), the American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”) and several other professional associations and firms. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, she was a senior consultant in the Strategy and Operations practice of Deloitte Consulting. Preceding this role, Ms. Gotguelf served as a real estate advisor and a vice president of The Western Group.