Richard Hollowell has over 50 years of banking, finance, capital formation, loan workout, restructuring, real estate, corporate turnaround consulting and expert witness experience. Since the 2008 systemic crash of the U.S. financial markets, Mr. Hollowell served as consulting and testifying expert in more than 60 legal cases involving failed banks, financially challenged real estate projects, troubled companies, lender liability, partnership disputes, corporate and real estate governance, bankruptcy, loan enforcement actions, and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.
Mr. Hollowell possesses expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate acquisition due diligence, business and real estate valuation, and corporate crisis management. He served as an Executive Board Member of a top-50 public accounting firm while participating in the leadership of their real estate, litigation support, and M&A due diligence practices and as a court appointed receiver for operating companies and commercial real estate. Mr. Hollowell is respected by bank regulatory authorities and is a widely published authority on troubled banks, distressed real estate, bank bailouts, real estate asset management, corporate crisis management, and capital market trends. He is a frequent guest speaker at real estate, corporate turnaround, and law conferences/special events, and is a bestselling author of The Covid-19 Real Estate Resource Guide, October, 2020.
Since 2015, Mr. Hollowell directs Kealoha Consulting Corp as its Managing Shareholder providing consulting and expert witness services to corporations, financial institutions, and law firms on a national basis. In 2019, Mr. Hollowell was appointed to a Senior Advisory Board Member of a Los Angeles commercial bank.
