Biography: Insolvency & Restructuring

Chair of the bankruptcy and corporate reorganisation department and a member of the firm's management committee, Alan W Kornberg handles chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvency matters, out-of-court restructurings, bankruptcy-related acquisitions, bankruptcy-related litigation and insolvency-sensitive transactions.

Mr Kornberg's clients include debtors, official and unofficial creditors committees, lenders and other creditors, equity holders, court-appointed fiduciaries and investors that focus on distressed situations. His recent assignments include representing secured lenders to chapter 11 debtors Hostess Brands and the Aliante Casino, the Quiznos restaurant franchise system in its out-of-court restructuring, the Charter Communications bondholder committee, Oaktree Capital in various matters including the Aleris International chapter 11 case, the Stuyvesant Town – Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association Inc, a state regulatory board in the reorganisation of the New York Racing Association, and the UK Pensions Regulator. He also represented the California Public Utilities Commission in the Pacific Gas & Electric Company chapter 11 case. In connection with that matter, in 2003 The American Lawyer named Mr Kornberg one of its "Dealmakers of the Year". Mr Kornberg has been selected as one of the leading lawyers in the area of bankruptcy/restructuring by Chambers USA, is recognised as a leading lawyer in corporate restructuring by Legal 500, and was recently chosen by his peers for The Best Lawyers in America in bankruptcy and creditor-rights law.

Mr Kornberg has served as the second circuit regent of the American College of Bankruptcy and was the chair of the committee on bankruptcy and corporate reorganisation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 2005 to 2008. He frequently mediates bankruptcy-related disputes and lectures on bankruptcy-related topics for local, national and international organisations.

Mr Kornberg obtained his AB from Brandeis University (magna cum laude, 1974) and his JD from New York University School of Law (1977).