Represented an internationally-known designer as the only creditor to successfully challenge a retail debtor’s broadly proposed releases, claim waivers, and plan injunction in advance of the debtor’s confirmation of its plan, which allowed our creditor-designer client to continue to pursue multi-million-dollar IP-related claims against the debtor and other insider third parties.
Represented a well-known celebrity branding company in compelling the rejection of a trademark license agreement of a retail debtor, thus freeing up the mark from the debtor’s estate and allowing the branding company to pursue other opportunities with it, while also preserving the company’s claims against the debtor.
Represented a New York-based commercial real estate construction management firm against a developer-debtor of a 45-story luxury hotel and residential mixed-use complex in mid-Manhattan valued in excess of $100 million. Aggressively and successfully opposed its fast-tracked plan confirmation process so that the client’s multi-million-dollar trust fund-related claims were allowed in full, and the funds for the same were carved out of the estate and set aside as part of the debtor’s plan confirmation.
Represented an education business debtor in its Chapter 11 case as one of the largest corporate entities, with annual revenues of more than $60 million, developed under the federal “No Child Left Behind” law to provide special education services principally to urban school districts throughout the United States.
Represented the creditors’ committee in the Chapter 11 case of a regional furniture retailer and discovered vital information regarding the debtor and its institutional lender that significantly leveraged the unsecured creditors’ position. This resulted in a return to creditors well above that expected at the outset of the case.
Represented the creditors’ committee in the Chapter 11 case of a leading designer and manufacturer in the plastics industry with annual revenues in excess of $100 million.
Represented several other official and ad hoc trade creditor, bondholder, and equity security holder Chapter 11 committees, including in the cases of Oskar Huber Fine Furniture (retail), HPG International (manufacturing), Lakeview Subacute Care (healthcare), Southmark Corporation (real estate), Circle K Corporation (retail), Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc. (retail), and Zale Corporation (retail).
Represented investment funds in several distressed corporate financing and bankruptcy situations, including with respect to bankruptcy-related discovery and litigation.
Represented one of the officially appointed trustees in the Crazy Eddie consumer electronics chain bankruptcy cases. Successfully pursued millions of dollars of claims against members of the Antar family.
Represented a number of creditor-defendants in threatened—as well as pursued—bankruptcy case-related alleged preference payments and fraudulent conveyance actions.
Represented lenders, investors, and/or other creditors and interested parties in the Chapter 11 cases of: Calpine Corporation (utilities), WorldCom (telecommunications), Exide Technologies (manufacturing), Dana Corp (automotive), Bally Total Fitness (health clubs), Refco (financial services), Pliant Corp (packaging), Nellson Nutraceutical (health foods), Advanced Marketing/Publishers Group (book distributing/publishing), Earth Biofuels Inc. (alternative fuels), American Home Mortgage (financial services), KB Toys (retail), Marcel Paper Mills (paper manufacturing), Bayonne Medical Center (healthcare), Barnert Hospital (healthcare), DOBI Medical (healthcare), Kara Homes (real estate), Solomon Dwek (real estate), New Jersey Affordable Homes (real estate), Rockaway Bedding (retail), Levitz Furniture (retail), Jazz Photo Group (retail), Kiwi and UAL Airlines (airline industry).