Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation; Plaintiffs' Litigation
Led by David Rosner , Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP is experienced in litigation based services in bankruptcy representations and restructuring proceedings, with Rosner having been involved in a number of Chapter 11 cases. Ken Coleman handles multi-jurisdictional business reorganizations and financial restructurings, while Matthew Stein ‘s expertise lies in litigation arising out of distressed situations and leveraged buyouts. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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- 'Ken Coleman continues to be my first choice for US bankruptcy counsel on cross border matters. His strategic thinking and technical know-how are invaluable in a complex situation.'
Key clients
- SL Green Realty affiliate 245 Park Member LLC. SL Green
- First Lien Term Lenders of Envision Healthcare
- Noteholders in China Fishery
- Aman Group Resorts
- Columbia Property Trust
- Contrarian Capital Management
- Cyrus Capital Partners
- Cyprus Mines, a former talc miner
- Davidson Kempner and Cowell & Lee Advisors
- Harbinger Capital Partners, a large hedge fund
- Howard Meyers
- Hudson Structured Capital Management affiliates
- InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
- Metropolitan Lumber & Building Supply, Robert Gans and related parties
- MDC Energy
- Litigation Trustee for the UC Litigation Trust for Essar Steel Minnesota
- Mudrick Capital Management
- Non-debtor affiliates in Chapter 11 cases filed by seven MatlinPatterson entities
- Unsecured Creditors of TriVascular Sales
- Pasig
- Renco Group and founder Ira Rennert
- Salvatore Lamonica, Chapter 7 Trustee in CIL Limited bankruptcy
- Second lien term lenders of Fieldwood Energy
- Senator Investment Group, a hedge fund
- Strategic Value Partners
- TerraForm Power
- Creditors Committee as special litigation counsel in Nine West
- USAVflow
- Waterfall Asset Management, noteholder in Taberna Preferred Funding IV
- Yellow
Work highlights
- Representing Senator Investment Group in litigation arising from a recently completed liquidity management transaction implemented by Wesco Aircraft.
- Representing Yellow Corporation in connection with Yellow’s Chapter 11 proceeding to handle substantially all of its major litigation.
- Represented Mudrick Capital Management and its affiliated funds as senior secured noteholders, and later DIP lenders, in Party City’s complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
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David Rosner