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Bob represents landlords, asset purchasers, vendors, intellectual property licensors, creditors’ committees, lenders and trustees in all aspects of restructuring, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization. His experience includes asset sales, avoidance actions, liquidations and appeals in significant chapter 11 cases in the retail, restaurant, real estate, telecom and energy industries. He also represents clients with private wealth, corporate formation, trust, estate and succession planning issues. Ranked as a leading bankruptcy lawyer in Chambers USA, Bob is singled out by clients for “his enviable grasp of issues surrounding landlords’ rights in bankruptcy, as well as his effective courtroom style.” As a result, Bob is frequently retained to counsel landlords with large portfolios of leases in retail bankruptcy cases across the country. Bob has been involved in hundreds of high-profile retail bankruptcy cases valued into the billions of dollars of assets and liabilities. A recent sampling includes Regal Cineworld, Part City, Cafe Bakery Square, Shoe City, Tuesday Morning 2, Ascena Group, Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, J.C. Penney, GNC, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, Modell's, Pier 1 Imports and Tailored Brands.Bob also serves as the chair of Kelley Drye's Client Service and Innovation Committee.

Listed skills include Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, and 9 others.