Reginald Sainvil

Practice Areas

Reginald Sainvil is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Global Restructuring and Insolvency Practice. He regularly represents corporate debtors, financial institutions, indenture trustees, investors, and secured and unsecured creditors in domestic and international corporate restructurings, liquidations, and distressed financings and acquisitions.

Reginald has broad advisory and litigation experience with complex issues that arise in reorganizations, restructurings, receiverships, workouts, liquidations, and distressed acquisitions and sales, in both domestic and cross-border situations and proceedings. He defends creditors in bankruptcy-related contested matters and adversary proceedings, including preference and fraudulent transfer litigation. He also handles complex commercial litigation issues arising from business disputes, advises parties to financial contracts regarding safe harbor protections, and provides strategic advice on the optimum structuring of transactions.

Professional Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute, 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring Program Participant

International Bar Association, Vice Chair, Insolvency Section Legislation and Policy Subcommittee

Turnaround Management Association, NextGen Global Leadership Officer

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Co-City Lead for Miami

Federal Bar Association, Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee Member

Haitian Lawyers Association, Issues Committee Vice Chair

Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, Member

Publications

Co-author, "Sears Bankruptcy Case Shows Modification Disclosure Is Key," Law360, June 23, 2022

Author, "Third Circuit Holds That Stipulation of Dismissal as to Remaining Defendants Begins 30-Day Clock to Appeal for All Parties," On Appeal (Bar Association for the Third Federal Circuit) Volume X, Number 2, August 2016, at 3

Education

Expert in these Jurisdictions

United States

Languages Spoken

English, Haitian Creole