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Twenty seven years of bankruptcy law experience including out-of-court restructuring, chapter 11 cases, cross-border cases and insolvency issues arising in commercial real estate finance, structured finance, securitization and derivatives. Trained and certified as a bankruptcy mediator.Recent engagements include:• Film distribution company with contract dispute in The Weinstein Company chapter 11 bankruptcy case.• Receiver and Foreign Representative of real estate developer Natalia Pirogova in a chapter 15 bankruptcy case ancillary to her Russian insolvency proceeding.• Deposit Insurance Agency as Receiver and Foreign Representative of Vneshprombank, in a Chapter 15 case ancillary to Russian insolvency proceeding and litigation to trace assets of the bank in the United States.• Receiver and Foreign Representative of Sergey Poymanov, the former controlling shareholder of Pavlovskgranit, in connection with a Chapter 15 case ancillary to Mr. Poymanov’s Russian insolvency proceeding and litigation of “reiderstvo” claims.• Holders of $2.13 billion senior notes and $1.23 billion senior notes secured by offshore oil rigs in cross-border restructuring of Brazilian company Odebrecht Oil & Gas.• Holders of $1.2 billion senior unsecured notes issued by Tidewater Inc. in restructuring debt, obtaining liens in offshore service vessels and maintaining Jones Act compliance in debt-equity exchange.• Alternative investment funds as “first out” lenders in a $285 million unitranche loan and DIP financing in the RadioShack Chapter 11 case and related litigation.Member of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Committee and the Task Force on Puerto Rico for the New York City Bar Association, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and Federal Bar Council.

Listed skills include Restructuring, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Legal Advice, and 3 others.