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Tristan Axelrod

Tristan Axelrod

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Brown Rudnick LLP

Brown Rudnick LLP

United States • Boston Elite

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Banking and finance (including restructuring)

Tristan Axelrod, a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP, works in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring. Represents both unsecured creditors’ committees and debtors and trustees. Axelrod focuses his practice on Chapter 11 cases. He works on high-profile corporate restructurings including as newly retained counsel for the Official Committee of the Unsecured Creditors in the highly publicized bankruptcy of First Brands Group involving nearly $13 billion in debt.
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Phone
+1.617.856.8456
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Accolades

Boston Elite

Profile

Work Department
Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring
Position

Partner

Career

Tristan Axelrod is a partner in Brown Rudnick’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Practice Group. Tristan concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, focusing on mass torts, cryptocurrency and energy. Working closely with the firm’s Energy Transition group, Tristan also provides bankruptcy and general corporate advice to public and private companies, investors and management on the development and financing of renewable energy projects and related products.

Tristan is recognized as a leading bankruptcy/restructuring practitioner by Chambers USA and The Legal 500, with a client describing Tristan as “intellectually very strong.” Judge Mary M. Rowland of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois noted that Tristan is “obviously an expert on bankruptcy matters.”

Tristan has published extensively on insolvency and restructuring topics. He is the co-editor of Chapter 11: Bankruptcy, a treatise for Massachusetts real estate practitioners. His scholarship has appeared in law reviews and the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. He frequently speaks on complex restructuring topics at the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Boston Bar Association, and has taught and guest-lectured graduate and undergraduate courses.

Tristan also maintains an active practice as a visual artist.

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Key clients

  • First Brands Group: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Stoli Group: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

Work highlights

Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in First Brands Group's complex, highly publicized bankruptcy case involving nearly $13 billion in debt, $2.3 billion of which is currently unaccounted for.