About

Provided by Otterbourg P.C.

Otterbourg P.C.’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring Department is a leading insolvency practice representing stakeholders in complex U.S. and cross-border proceedings across healthcare, retail, manufacturing, real estate, aviation, and financial services. The department represents secured and unsecured creditors, committees, debtors, and fiduciaries in multi-billion-dollar restructurings, with strength in mass tort bankruptcies involving divisive mergers, injunctions blocking personal injury litigation against non-debtor tortfeasors, and bad-faith filings. The firm secured dismissal in each of Johnson & Johnson’s three talc bankruptcy attempts, including Red River Talc (March 2025), and dismissal of the Aearo Technologies (3M) bankruptcy (June 2023) for the Official Committee of Combat Arms Earplug Claimants, resulting in a $6 billion post-dismissal settlement with 3M. Otterbourg also advises major financial institutions, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, PNC, and Goldman Sachs, in out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy litigation, with a strong record of improving secured creditor recoveries. Attorneys regularly serve in fiduciary and court-appointed roles as trustees, examiners, receivers, patient care ombudsmen, mediators, and arbitrators, including as Temporary Operator of Interfaith Medical Center and fiduciary roles in the Madoff and Lehman Brothers matters.

Chambers Review

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded - New York

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Otterbourg's bankruptcy and restructuring practice is active on behalf of all types of stakeholders in connection with domestic and cross-border insolvency matters. The team is active across a number of industries including healthcare, real estate and financial services.

Notable practitioners

Melanie Cyganowski is a key contact.

Work Highlights

  • Otterbourg represented the ad hoc committee of settling governmental claimants in connection with the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma.

Strengths

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Members

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Adam Silverstein

Andrew Kramer

Daniel Fiorillo

Head of Department

David Castleman

Erik Weinick

James Drew

Jennifer Feeney

Johnathan Helfat

Melanie Cyganowski

Head of Department

Michael Maizel

Pauline McTernan

Peter Feldman

Philip Berg

Sunni Beville

Clients

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1903P/Gordon Brothers as DIP & Term Agent (Big Lots)

ABL Agent & Lender Group (Eddie Bauer)

ABL Lenders (Saks Global)

Combat Arms Earplug Committee (Aearo/3M affiliate)

David Castleman, as Receiver of EminiFX (SDNY)

Delaware Bankruptcy Court (Avon Products)

General Counsel to SFNet

Governmental Claimants Committee (Purdue Pharma)

Melanie Cyganowski Patient Care Ombudsman Genesis Healthcare

Melanie Cyganowski, Receiver of Platinum Partners entities

PNC as Prepetition Admin Agent (True Value)

Talc Claimants Coalition (RRT/Johnson & Johnson affiliate)

Wells Fargo CDF as Admin Agent (ConvergeOne)

Wells Fargo as Prepetition ABL Agent (American Tire)

Wells Fargo as Prepetition ABL Agent (Forever 21)

Industries

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Commodities

Distribution

EB-5 Investment & Development

Financial Services

Healthcare

Insurance

Pharmaceuticals

Private Equity

Real Estate

Retail

Secured Finance / Asset-Based Lending

Securities

Textiles