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Bankruptcy, Business Restructuring and Reorganization

Dechert’s bankruptcy, business restructuring and reorganization group is comprised of experienced practitioners skilled in all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring transactions, distressed lending and debt trading, distressed mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy planning and litigation and all related matters and opportunities. Dechert lawyers possess a thorough knowledge of every aspect of bankruptcy law, coupled with perspective achieved from representing virtually every type of client, including ad hoc and official committees of creditors, debtors, lenders, bondholders, shareholders, distressed companies, agents and indenture trustees in all types of bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Members of our group work with lawyers in our other top-ranked groups to assure the high quality advice needed in complex restructuring matters. We draw on Dechert’s vast experience in financial services, leveraged finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, hedge funds, litigation, finance and real estate, financial regulation and tax law. Applying our collective skills and backgrounds enables us to provide seamless cross-disciplinary representation in any bankruptcy, restructuring or reorganization situation. Additionally, our lawyers have extensive working relationships with investment banks, crisis managers and other financial advisors and work closely with those professionals to enhance our clients’ primary objective of maximizing value in the most efficient manner possible.

Clients in a variety of industries benefit from our group’s experience and knowledge as well as our ability to quickly devise strategic solutions for companies in crisis. The 30 lawyers in our bankruptcy, restructuring and reorganization practice skillfully solve the legal and economic challenges that are present in significant restructuring and bankruptcy matters, crafting creative solutions to achieve our clients’ specific goals. We are equally skilled at pursuing our clients’ interests through consensus building and litigation. In 2010, The Legal 500, United States ranked Dechert as a leading national law firm for restructuring and The Deal has ranked us among the top bankruptcy law firms by case volume since 2008. Additionally, lawyers in our group are continually ranked by Chambers USA and Benchmark Litigation as leaders in the restructuring field.

G Eric Brunstad Jr
Dechert LLP
90 State House Square
Hartford CT 06103
Tel: 860 524-3960
Fax: 860 240-2818
E-mail: eric.brunstad@dechert.com

Board Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy - American Board of Certification

Securities Enforcement, Bankruptcy, Business Restructuring and Reorganization, White Collar and Securities Litigation, Appellate, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Litigation, Litigation

G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. has argued 10 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including matters involving the First Amendment, bankruptcy, taxation, the Commerce Clause, statutory interpretation, jurisdiction and arbitration.

In addition to the cases he has argued, Mr. Brunstad has worked on more than 35 other matters before the Supreme Court, including matters involving federal licensing, civil rights, procedure, insurance, sovereign immunity, pensions, energy contracts and defamation.

He has also argued and briefed numerous cases before most of the federal courts of appeals, including matters involving insurance, setoff, prepayment premiums, subrogation and a variety of other commercial law topics. In addition to his practice, he is a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School where he teaches courses on bankruptcy, commercial law and argument and reason.

He began teaching at Yale in 1990 and has also taught at the Harvard Law School. Mr. Brunstad is widely published, and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in numerous venues, including Leading Lawyer in Appellate Law, The Best Lawyers in America (2008-2010), International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers and Leading Lawyer in Bankruptcy Law (2007). His scholarly work has been cited or quoted by many courts, including the Supreme Court.

Mr. Brunstad's appearances before the Supreme Court include his argument on behalf of the Marshall family in the Anna Nicole Smith case, Marshall v. Marshall, 547 U.S. 293 (2006); his argument on behalf of Travelers in Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., 127 S. Ct. 1199 (2007); and his argument on behalf of Citizens Bank in Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, 127 S. Ct. 1105 (2007).