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United States • Finance

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Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate

Goodwin’s financial restructuring team advises debtors, sponsors, bondholders, creditors and committees across Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy litigation. New York-based co-head Michael Goldstein advises debtors, sponsors, bondholders and creditors in restructurings spanning chemicals, consumer goods, finance, healthcare, hospitality, retail and technology. Co-head Howard Steel represents creditors’ committees, bondholders and indenture trustees across restructuring and high-stakes bankruptcy litigation, with mass tort experience. Co-head Robert Lemons advises debtors, creditors and secured lenders in in-court and out-of-court restructurings across healthcare, life sciences, real estate and energy. Kizzy Jarashow advises debtors, creditors and distressed investors across Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings, and Stacy Dasaro handles debtor and creditor representations and contested plan confirmations.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Michael Goldstein and Robert Lemons are excellent, smart and sophisticated lawyers. They can work shoulder to shoulder with the best.’

  • ‘Michael Goldstein is whip smart and can be an aggressive bankruptcy litigator if necessary. He is a mature, season restructuring professional who can work shoulder to shoulder with the best.

  • Rob lemons is also a well seasoned professional, focused, sharp and dedicated to client service. he goes to great length to ensure that the client gets exactly what they need. A lawyer's lawyer.’

  • ‘Goodwin's restructuring team is highly effective. They know all the issues, are commercial, and wonderfully creative. They are also dogged in their advocacy on behalf of their clients. In the current distressed debt market, those qualities are priceless.’

  • ‘Stand out partner: Michael Goldstein. It is because of Michael that I offered the assessment that I did of Goodwin's practice. In other words, they know all the issues, are commercial, and wonderfully creative. They are also dogged in their advocacy on behalf of their clients. In the current distressed debt market, those qualities are priceless.’

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Key clients

  • Goldman, Sachs & Co./Citigroup
  • Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals
  • Orchard Therapeutics
  • Wilmington Savings Fund Society
  • Uphealth – Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Elevate Bellingham Investors, LLC
  • Mikart
  • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of 23andMe Holding Co.
  • CertainTeed LLC
  • Search Fund Accelerator
  • Hillhouse Investment Management, Ltd
Practice head

Michael Goldstein; Howard Steel; Robert Lemons

Other key lawyers

Kizzy Jarashow; Stacy Dasaro