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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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‘Global in its reach and effectiveness,’ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s New York-based bankruptcy and restructuring department handle complex bankruptcy cases, including advising clients worldwide on restructuring matters that cross legal and geographical borders. The firm represents both debtors and creditors in cross-border restructurings and insolvency proceedings across the US, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia for clients in a variety of industries including crypto, energy and retail. Richard Cooper has a focus on Latin America in restructuring involving companies and countries, while Lisa Schweitzer has advised a range of parties including corporate debtors and individual creditors in domestic and cross-border bankruptcies. Sean O’Neal has a split practice between creditor and debtor work, both in and out of court, whereas David Botter joined the firm in 2023 from Akin and is experienced in multijurisdictional and cross-border matters for distressed companies and creditors. Luke Barefoot is noted for his expertise in bankruptcy litigation and cross-border bankruptcy disputes.
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‘The team has been global in its reach and effectiveness. We have worked with them on restructuring not just in the US but in multiple non-US jurisdictions.’
‘We have worked most closely and successfully with David Botter who joined Cleary as a partner within the lasts year after having been a partner at Akin Gump. Our experience working with multiple partners and offices has been seamless.’
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Key clients
- LATAM Airlines
- Goldman Sachs
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Work highlights
- Represented LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and some of its affiliates in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, the Cayman Islands, and the United States, in the company’s successful exit from a first-of-its-kind cross-border debt restructuring before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Representing Genesis Global Capital and certain of its affiliates, in their Chapter 11 restructuring proceeding involving over $5 billion in debt, and related corporate governance, litigation, regulatory, and investigative matters, including an investigation overseen by the Board’s Special Committee, as well as a robust sale process of debtor and non-debtors assets.
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