Darren’s practice focuses on corporate restructurings, creditors’ rights and distressed acquisitions. His clients include troubled companies, official creditors’ committees, private equity sponsors, financial and strategic purchasers of distressed assets and others in connection with in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

Paul represents debtors, creditors and investors in a broad range of restructuring matters, including chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvency matters, out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy-related acquisitions. He has represented a diverse range of clients spanning numerous industries in some of the most complex and contentious restructuring matters of the last twenty-five years.

Jim practice focuses on restructuring, bankruptcy and litigation advice to a wide spectrum of corporate clients, including creditors, debtors and investors, as well as government actors for over three decades.

Matt represents companies in connection with restructurings and liability management opportunities, developing and implementing compliance programs, and defending insolvency-related litigation. He advises private equity and other strategic buyers through due diligence to closing, including acquisitions in the distressed space. Matt also helps lenders evaluate and enforce their remedies.

Jim is the driving force behind one of the nation’s most respected, experienced, and robust creditor-side and retail bankruptcy practices. It is a practice Jim built from the ground up shortly after starting his career at Kelley Drye more than three decades ago. During that time, Jim has been involved in all aspects of the bankruptcy process and has played leading roles on behalf of creditor constituents in countless high-profile billion-dollar cases.

Matthew focuses on complex business bankruptcy litigation. A seasoned actor and former judicial law clerk, Matt understands the importance of communicating complex legal arguments with clarity and conviction – both in and out of court. From the moment a client steps in the door until closing argument, Matt uses his distinctive talents for storytelling, humor, and creativity to persuasively and fiercely advocate for his clients.

Louis is considered an industry leader with respect to representing both debtor and creditor clients in complex US and non-US reorganizations in both in and out-of-court restructurings throughout a wide variety of industries. In addition to his debtor and creditor representations, Louis has extensive experience advising boards of directors and senior officers regarding fiduciary duties and contingency planning strategies in both in and out-of-court restructuring situations, which have resulted in billions of dollars successfully restructured and thousands of careers preserved.

Louis and the Mayer Brown team won multiple awards including - GWG Holdings won the “Chapter 11 Restructuring; Cyxtera Technologies restructuring and sale to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, won the “Distressed Investment Deal”; and Air Methods Corporation, won the “Pre-Pack Restructuring” of the year awards presented during the 16th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards.

What has contributed to your success... Passion. I believe that “how you do anything is how you do everything.” I am motivated by taking whatever I find—be that a person, place, or an idea—and leaving it better than when I found it. When a client is distressed, it is my job to make that client better—whether through an out-of-court or in-court process.

Most enjoy about his career... I love working with my clients to achieve the best solution possible, as a result I have restructured billions of dollars of debt out-of-court for clients around the globe—saving companies and careers.

Jeff’s practice primarily centers on Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and related litigation. With extensive experience in distressed corporate transactions, Jeff helps his clients implement strategies that maximize value and present a clear vision for the best path forward.

Mark has served as counsel to hundreds of large, troubled companies, secured creditors, debtor-in-possession lenders, creditors’ committees, boards of directors (including special or independent committees), and acquirers of businesses and assets in large corporate chapter 11 cases, pre-packaged chapter 11 cases, chapter 15 cases, and out-of-court restructurings.

Rich is one of the preeminent cross-border bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers in the United States and is the recognized leader in cross-border and sovereign restructurings involving companies and countries in Latin America and other emerging markets. He has advised clients involved in some of the most prominent and noteworthy restructurings in the United States and Latin America over the last two decades.