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Overview
Sam Lawand is an associate in the Financial Restructuring group of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Sam focuses on financial restructuring matters, including representations of creditors, purchasers, and other interested parties in recapitalizations, liability management transactions, chapter 11 bankruptcies, and cross-border proceedings. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Sam clerked for the Honorable Robert E. Grossman of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Recognitions
- Fifth Circuit's Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student, American College of Bankruptcy (Unsolicited Nomination by the Honorable Harlin D. Hale) (2014)
Education
- SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D. (with honors), 2015
- University of Texas, Dallas, B.S. (with high honors), 2010
Representations
- Represented Talen Energy Corporation and Cumulus Growth Holdings LLC on US$175 million strategic capital partnership with Orion Energy Partners.
- Represented Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, in the chapter 11 cases of Mallinckrodt plc.
- Represented Elliott Management Corporation in connection with the out-of-court recapitalization of Affinion Group Holdings, Inc.
- Represented crossholders of secured debt in the chapter 11 cases of EXCO Resources, Inc.
- Represented GSO Capital Partners in the chapter 11 cases of Gibson Brands, Inc.
- Represented Techniplas LLC in its chapter 11 cases.
Engagement & Publications
- Author, "Make-Whole Claims in Bankruptcy," Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice (September 2018) (cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Hon. Martin Glenn, and the Hon. Barbara Houser)
- Author, "Arbitration and Bankruptcy: A Tug of War," The Review of Banking & Financial Services (July 2017)
- Author, "Security Interests in Proceeds of Collateral," The Review of Banking & Financial Services (February 2017)
- Author, "Deepening Split Between Circuits: Seventh Circuit Holds That § 546(e) Safe Harbor Does Not Protect Transfers Conducted Through Financial Institutions Acting as Conduits," Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (December 2016)
- Speaker, "Bankruptcy Issues Facing Retail Debtors," National Association of Credit Management Business Credit (August 2016)
- Speaker, "Kim, Frost, and Other Developments," 33rd Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference (November 2014) (presented by Hon. Harlin D. Hale and Hon. Ronald B. King)
- Speaker, "Reinvestment, Exemption Limitations, and Other Issues," Advanced Bankruptcy Course (February 2014) (presented by Hon. Karen Brown, Hon. Harlin D. Hale, Hon. Robert Jones, and Hon. Ronald B. King)
- Author, "Attention Foreign Companies: The Fifth Circuit is Armed with the Authority to Deny Enforcement of a Foreign Reorganization Plan," Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (December 2013) (presented by Hon. Cecelia G. Morris in London and Italy)