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Overview
Dan Fliman is a partner in the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Mr. Fliman has nearly two decades of experience working on high-profile restructurings and related litigations. He most often represents creditors, committees, debtors, shareholders, sponsors, and fiduciaries looking to mitigate exposure, or maximize recoveries, in contentious contexts.
He is experienced handling a wide variety of disputes (from differing sides) in Federal and state courts, with particular focus on bankruptcy plan-related litigation and lawsuits involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent conveyance, and equitable subordination.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025
- Benchmark Litigation, Future Star
- Benchmark Litigation, Under 40 Hot List
- Best Lawyers in America
- Chambers USA: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- IFLR, 2023 Restructuring of the Year for LATAM Airlines Group
- The Legal 500, Restructuring (including Bankruptcy)
- The M&A Advisor, 2021 Restructuring of the Year ($500M - $1B) for American Addiction Centers
- The M&A Advisor, 2023 Restructuring of the Year (Over $10B) for Intelsat
- Super Lawyers
- Turnarounds and Workouts, Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer
- Turnaround Management Association, 2021 Turnaround of the Year: Mid-Size Company for American Addiction Centers
Education
- J.D., Emory University School of Law, 2003
- B.A., Tufts University, 2000
Representations
- American Addiction Centers (lenders)
- Boardriders (lenders)
- Borders Group, Inc. (debtors)
- Broadstripe, LLC (official creditors' committee)
- Caesars Entertainment Operating Company et al. (certain stakeholders)
- Calfrac (noteholders)
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (bondholders)
- Digicel (ad hoc group of secured lenders and secured noteholders)
- Eastman Kodak (majority bondholders and rights offering backstop parties)
- Energy Future Holdings (ad hoc committee of EFH legacy bondholders)
- Franchise Group (ad hoc group of first lien and DIP lenders)
- GT Real Estate (plan sponsor)
- GWG Holdings (independent director)
- iHeart Media (note trustee)
- Intelsat (noteholders)
- J.Crew Group Inc. (company)
- LATAM Airlines (creditors)
- Lightstream (Mudrick)
- The McClatchy Company (official creditors’ committee)
- Mesquite Energy (special committee of the board of directors)
- Payless (lenders)
- Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. bankruptcy (former directors)
- Smurfit Stone (preferred shareholders)
- Travelport (ad hoc term lender group)
- Trico Marine Services (official creditors' committee)
- Waypoint Leasing (lenders)
- Western Dental (ad hoc group of term lenders)