Christopher B. Wick

Business Law

Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Christopher B. Wick chairs the firm’s Commercial Services & Restructuring Practice Group. Chris specializes in corporate restructuring and bankruptcy and focuses his practice on corporate reorganizations, workouts, debtors’ and creditors’ rights and corporate transactions across the United States. He has represented parties in the restructuring, reorganization or sale of complex business in various industries, including energy, automotive, agriculture, telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing, real estate and steel. He also has a broad range of transactional experience and has advised clients in connection with a variety of DIP financing facilities, recapitalization transactions and asset dispositions and acquisitions. Chris also has extensive experience in commercial loan enforcement.

Chris has substantial experience representing and advising companies, buyers and investors in all aspects of distressed and insolvency situations. He counsels boards of directors, chief executive offices and other members of senior management with respect to their duties and obligations to and exposures in connection with financially challenged companies.

• American Bankruptcy Institute Mid-Atlantic Conference Advisory Board, 2011-present.

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member, 2004-present.

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member, 2001-present.

• Author, “You Keep Using That Word: What Good Faith Impairment Means in a Reorganization Plan,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2016.

• Author, “The Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Bankruptcy Law,” Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, Second Edition, 2012-16.

Washington and Lee School of Law

J.D.

2000

Washington and Lee University

B.A., Print Journalism and European History

1997

ChambersUSA, Bankruptcy/ Restructuring

ChambersUSA

2026

The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency

The Best Lawyers in America

2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law

The Best Lawyers in America

2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Energy Law

The Best Lawyers in America

2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law

The Best Lawyers in America

2026

Ohio Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business

Super Lawyers

2026