Chuck Gibbs > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile

Chuck Gibbs

+1 214 2958063 [email protected]

Work Department

Corporate Advisory

Position

Chuck Gibbs focuses his practice on insolvency and restructuring. For nearly 40 years, he has been recognized as one of the country’s leading restructuring lawyers, being ranked by Chambers & Partners for over 20 years, including being ranked as Band 1 for more than a decade. Chuck has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2006, including being awarded “Lawyer of the Year” in 2019. He has been recognized as a “Leading Individual” by both The International Who’s Who of Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers since 2008 and The Legal 500. Chuck has led public and private companies through challenging and complex financial restructurings. Throughout his career, Chuck has been on the cutting edge of novel restructuring issues ranging from Caribbean resorts to centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Most recently, Chuck was tasked with leading the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Voyager Digital Holdings, Inc., the largest cryptocurrency exchange bankruptcy in history as of the date of filing.

Chuck is frequently engaged in multijurisdictional and cross-border matters for debtors, secured creditors, official and ad hoc creditors’ committees, equity committees and asset buyers. His cross-border experience includes representing joint liquidators in Caribbean insolvency proceedings, including the largest individual fraud case in history. Chuck partners with non-money center secured lenders, particularly in the real estate space, leveraging his deep experience in handling hundreds of real estate loan workouts on behalf of lenders, both in and out of court.