Paul Singer

Practice Areas

Paul practices principally in commercial restructuring and bankruptcy, representing both debtors and creditors. He is the founder of the firm's corporate reorganization practice and chaired the group for more than 20 years.

Paul appears in bankruptcy courts around the country acting for purchasers and sellers of businesses and has been lead counsel in a number of major out-of-court workouts. He acts as a court-appointed Chapter 11 Trustee and a court- appointed bankruptcy mediator.

Paul has been involved in a large number of industrial cases in the steel, aluminum, railroad, cement, pulp and paper and natural resource industries. As a result, he has extensive experience working with labor unions as well as governmental agencies.

Paul has served as lead counsel in many cases representing former manufacturers and distributors whose products contained asbestos. He structured trusts to pay for various asbestos damage claims with contributions from various insurance settlements that he negotiated.

Paul lectures frequently on various insolvency law matters, both in continuing legal education programs and in programs for financial executives, real estate professionals and trade associations.