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919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
United States of America
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Practice Areas
Corporate restructuring, workouts and creditors' rights litigation
Education
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Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 1986
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Emory University, B.A., 1982
Selected Representations
Chapter 11 debtors
Ormet Corporation; Lionel L.L.C.; O-Cedar Brands, Inc.; Omnisky Corporation
Investment funds
Represented Wellspring Capital Management in connection with the acquisition of the assets of the Residential Services Group out of the Chapter 11 cases of Encompass Services, Inc., et al.
Represented investment fund in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in a senior bank facility and conversion of debt to controlling equity interest pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization
Represented Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P., Goldman Sachs & Co. and ad hoc committee of senior secured noteholders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Foamex International, Inc., and its affiliates
Represented Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P., in providing debtor in possession financing to Livent, Inc., a Canadian Broadway theater production company
Represented investment fund in providing debtor in possession financing to Weirton Steel
Financial institutions
Represented the agent bank and syndicate of lenders in connection with Chapter 11 cases of Vencor, Inc. (n/k/a Kindred healthcare, Inc.) and Mariner, Inc.
Represented the agent bank and syndicate of lenders in out of court restructuring of loans to a Sprint affiliate
Represented the agent bank and syndicate of lenders in out of court restructuring of $130 million of loans to a competitive local exchange carrier
Represented the agent bank and lending syndicate in connection with certain loans made to a company that owned and operated a nationwide network of psychiatric hospitals, including the sale of the hospitals, resulting in full repayment of the loan
Represented the agent bank and lending syndicate in connection with the out of court restructuring of approximately $100 million of loans to a healthcare real estate investment trust
Represented the court-appointed plan facilitator in the Chapter 11 case of a large clothing manufacturer, in which all creditors were paid in full, in cash, with post-petition interest
Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Paragon Trade Brands, Inc., the largest domestic private label diaper manufacturer
Represented several clients in defending "deepening insolvency," preference and other actions brought by debtors or trustees in Chapter 11 cases
Selected Publications
"'Alternative' Investment Managers and Bankruptcy: The Brave New World of Chapter 11," Journal of Private Equity/Turnaround Management, Spring 2007 (co-author)
Selected Speaking Engagements
"Challenges in a Down Market," SRZ 17th Annual Private Investment Fund Seminar, New York, January 2008
Memberships
New York City Bar Association
Other Distinctions
Listed in Best Lawyers in America