Marc Abrams Partner MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8200 F 212-728-9200

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Marc Abrams is a partner and Chair of the Business Reorganization and Restructuring Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.  He has also served on the firm’s Executive Committee (2002-2007).  Mr. Abrams has been instrumental, principally on behalf of debtors, in several complex chapter 11 cases and non-judicial restructurings.  He also has extensive experience representing creditors’ committees and groups, investors, DIP lenders, general partners, and other parties in interest.

Chambers USA (2008) and Chambers Global (2008) ranks Mr. Abrams in the number one tier for leading individuals specializing in bankruptcy/restructuring law in the United States.   Mr. Abrams is listed in Expert Guides - The Best of the Best, The K&A Restructuring Register - America's Top 100, The Best Lawyers in America (1995-2008) and the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers (1999-2008).

Mr. Abrams frequently represents clients in the telecommunication, cable, retail, construction, manufacturing, entertainment/recreation, automotive, health care, hospitality, and high-tech industries.  His international experience includes issues and matters involving the insolvency laws of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and the UK, among other nations. 

Mr. Abrams has chaired the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and has served as the head of its Subcommittee on DIP Financing guidelines.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the International Insolvency Institute.  He has also been active in a number of additional reorganization-related groups, including the American Bar Association (Business Reorganization Committee), the American Bankruptcy Institute, the International Bar Association (Committee J.) and the New York Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.

Mr. Abrams has lectured at the Practising Law Institute, the Institute for International Research, the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American College of Bankruptcy, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  He is also a certified mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Delaware.  Mr. Abrams has participated in the strategic planning conference of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Abrams has been instrumental, on behalf of debtors, in several complex chapter 11 cases, including:

• Adelphia Communications Corp.
  
  
• Alliance Entertainment Corp.
  
  
• Allis-Chalmers Corp.
  
  
• AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc.
  
  
• APS Holdings, Inc.
  
  
• ATX Communications, Inc.
  
  
• Brooks Fashion Stores, Inc.
  
  
• Classic Cable, Inc.
  
  
• Community Newspapers, Inc.
  
  
• Days Inns of America, Inc.
  
  
• Hechinger Company
  
  
• Integrated Resources, Inc.
  
  
• Mosler, Inc.
  
  
• Orion Pictures, Inc.
  
  
• Petrie Retail, Inc.
  
  
• Phoenix Steel Corp.
  
  
• Prime Hospitality Corp.
  
  
• Schwinn Cycling & Fitness, Inc.
  
  
• Starter Corporation
  
  
• Sunterra Corporation
  
  
• The LTV Corporation
  
  
• The Multicare Companies
  
  
• USinternetworking, Inc.
  
  
• Woodward & Lothrop, Incorporated

Mr. Abrams' recent M&A representations include:

• FAO Schwarz
  
  
• Covanta
  
  
• Enron N.A.

Mr. Abrams’ recent Committee matters include:

• Sea Containers Services, Ltd.