Oren Haker

Practice Areas

Oren Haker focuses on the representation of a wide range of parties in workouts, debt restructurings, receiverships and bankruptcy cases, including corporate debtors, trade and financial creditors, creditors’ committees, lessors, and strategic and financial investors acquiring assets of troubled companies. Oren’s experience includes pre­bankruptcy planning, including advising directors and officers on insolvency issues, and exploring out-of-court and non­bankruptcy options in the first instance. In bankruptcy cases, Oren’s experience includes cash collateral and DIP financing matters, intercreditor disputes, reclamation and section 503(b)(9) issues, bankruptcy sales under section 363, chapter 11 plan and post-confirmation trust formation issues, fraudulent transfer and preference litigation, and application of safe harbor provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

During the 2008 financial crisis, Oren was a member of the legal team advising President Obama’s Auto Task Force in the General Motors, Chrysler, and Delphi Automotive chapter 11 cases. More recently, he has advised Oregon municipalities on public pension matters and local non-profits and businesses with operational and financial distress.

Professional Memberships

- Adjunct Professor of Law in Bankruptcy at the University of Washington School of Law

- Advisory Board Member, American Bankruptcy Institute, Southwest Conference

- Teaching Assistant, Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy, Columbia Law School