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Gerard S. Catalanello
USA Guide 2024
Band 6 : Bankruptcy/Restructuring
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About
Provided by Gerard S. Catalanello
Practice Areas
Gerard’s clients rely on him to provide practical counsel while handling their most complex bankruptcy matters. Clients ranging from financial institutions to debtors trust him with Chapter 11 cases with billions of dollars at stake. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law. He represents lenders, funds, financial institutions, liquidation trusts, equity holders, debtors, indenture trustees, and acquirers of assets of troubled companies in formal bankruptcy proceedings and in out-of-court workouts.
Gerard has served as counsel to official committees of unsecured creditors in a wide variety of Chapter 11 cases and has represented several institutions in negotiating and selling millions of dollars of claims in major Chapter 11 cases. He has represented liquidation and creditor trusts in analyzing and prosecuting Chapter 5 causes of actions, including fraudulent conveyance and preferences claims under confirmed Chapter 11 plans of liquidation.
Career
Chair, Alston & Bird's Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group.
Education
Fordham University
LL.M.
1996
Touro College
J.D.
1992
Adelphi University
B.A.
1989
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