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Roger Schwartz

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Position

Roger G. Schwartz is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Schwartz is a member of the Finance Department. He has extensive bankruptcy and restructuring expertise and focuses his practice on representing administrative agents, secured lenders, strategic and financial buyers and sellers of stock, assets or debt primarily in the context of financially distressed situations (inside and outside of formal insolvency proceedings), creditors’ committees and debtors in Chapter 11 cases and workouts. Mr. Schwartz also represents equity sponsors, special committees of boards of directors and the United States government in connection with complex US and international bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, corporate restructurings and financial recapitalizations.

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United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate

King & Spalding LLP’s financial restructuring practice sits within the firm’s global corporate, finance, and investments group, led by Todd Holleman and Jennifer Daly in New York. The practice represents banks, private debt funds, direct lenders, and ad hoc lender groups, among others, in relation to a range of restructuring matters in and out of court, and has recently represented KKR Credit Advisors as DIP lender and prepetition second lien secured lender to Sequential Brands Group, Inc. in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Roger Schwartz, Christopher Boies, and Peter Montoni, all based in New York, are also key names in the team, handling a diverse range of matters, while Matthew Warren in Chicago and Austin Jowers in Atlanta are also recommended for their work in the energy sector.

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