AREA OF PRACTICE
Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring, Chair
Ed Weisfelner is regarded among the preeminent bankruptcy lawyers in the country. He is the Global Chair of Brown Rudnick’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring practice group. Ed has more than 35 years of experience representing official and ad hoc creditors’ and equity holders’ committees, individual creditors, indenture trustees, equity holders, and other parties in many of the nation’s largest in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Ed has also served as a court appointed litigation trustee, mediator, and examiner.
Awards
Representation
Representation of the Special Claims Committee of the Federal Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in litigation arising in the PROMESA Title III insolvency proceedings of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and certain of its instrumentalities, including disputes regarding the validity of over $12 billion in bonds issued by Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities.
Representing Lead Counsel in the GM Ignition Switch Defect MDL Litigation as Plaintiffs’ Designated Counsel in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, opposing GM’s motion to enjoin plaintiffs’ economic injury claims based on the injunction contained in the bankruptcy Sale Order by which the assets of Old GM were transferred to New GM in the GM bankruptcy in 2009.
Counsel to Plan Sponsor in Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation’s cross-border restructuring.
Counsel to the Ad Hoc Equity Committee in Ultra Petroleum Corporation.
Counsel to Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Noteholders, and Special Counsel to Indenture Trustee, in the Chapter 11 case of Energy Future Holdings (TXU), then the largest energy producer in Texas.
Counsel to the Official Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, then the largest law firm Chapter 11 filing.
Counsel to Wilmington Trust, co-chair of the Official Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of AMR Corporation, the parent of American Airlines.
Counsel to the Official Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Lyondell Chemical Company which, together with its non-debtor affiliates, was one of the largest petrochemical and refining companies in the world. Ed also served as Litigation Trustee for two separate trusts established in connection with Lyondell’s confirmed plan.
Counsel to the Official Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Six Flags, Inc., then one of the largest amusement park operators in the world.
Counsel to Icahn Partners in the Chapter 11 proceedings involving the Trump Taj Mahal and affiliated gaming operations.
Other recent significant engagements include:
Counsel for the Official Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings for Global Crossing.
Counsel for the Official Equity Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation.
Counsel for the Official Equity Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings for Mirant Corporation, then ranked as the 11th largest bankruptcy case in US history.
Counsel for the Ad Hoc Committee of Trade Creditors in the MCI/ WorldCom Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Counsel for the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders in the Comdisco Chapter 11 proceedings pending in the Northern District of Illinois.
Counsel for the successful plan sponsor in XO Communications, Inc.’s Chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Counsel for the Ad Hoc Committee of Trade Creditors in the Adelphia Communications Chapter 11 case.
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