About me

Address: New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745

Areas of Focus: Financial Restructuring

Biography:
Brad is a financial restructuring practitioner, focused on large, complex in-court and out-of-court corporate restructurings. Brad’s experience includes representing ad hoc and official creditors’ committees, as well as debtors, in high-profile chapter 11 cases. He also advises clients in multijurisdictional and cross-border insolvency proceedings.
Brad’s restructuring matters encompass a variety of industries, including financial services, energy, telecommunications, shipping, technology and printing.

Representative Work:
- SVB : Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, involving more than $3.4 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Steward Health Care : Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Steward Health Care, the largest private, physician-led health care network in the U.S.
- DISH Network Corporation : Counsel to an ad hoc group of 2026 convertible noteholders in connection with an out-of-court restructuring for DISH Network Corporation, an American provider of satellite television, involving the exchange of approximately $5 billion of existing convertible notes and the issuance of $5 billion of new money secured notes.
- Franchise Group : Counsel to the independent director and sole member of the conflicts committee in the chapter 11 cases of Franchise Group, a holding company that owns and operates major retail franchise companies, involving over $1.9 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- SI Group : Counsel to an ad hoc group of term lenders of SI Group, a global manufacturer of performance additives and chemical intermediates, in connection with an out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization transaction. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Talen Energy : Counsel to an ad hoc group of first lien creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Talen Energy and its affiliates, one of the largest power generation and infrastructure companies in North America, involving $4.455 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- American Medical Technologies : Counsel to an ad hoc group of lenders to American Medical Technologies, a leading advanced wound care company, in the out-of-court restructuring of the healthcare service provider’s existing revolving and term loans.
- Nordic Aviation Capital : Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders in the chapter 11 case of Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company, the fifth-largest aircraft leasing company in the world, involving $6 billion in liabilities. Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year - Over $1B (M&A Advisor)
- FirstEnergy Solutions : Counsel to the debtors in the chapter 11 cases of FirstEnergy Solutions and its subsidiaries, an electric utility that services roughly one million residential, commercial and industrial customers, involving $3.8 billion in liabilities.
- Intelsat : Counsel to an ad hoc group of creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Intelsat and its affiliates, one of the largest satellite services providers in the world, involving $14.7 billion in liabilities. Restructuring of the Year - Over $10B (M&A Advisor)

Credentials:
Education: J.D., New York University School of Law, 2007; B.A., Yale University, 2004
Bar Admissions: New York, 2008
Court Admissions: U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York, 2008

Recognitions:
- American Bankruptcy Institute , 40 Under 40, 2022.
- The Legal 500 US , Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate, 2022-2023.
- Turnarounds & Workouts , Outstanding Young Bankruptcy Lawyer, 2019.

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