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 Co-Chair of the Business Reorganization and Restructuring Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He recently co-chaired the firm’s Dodd-Frank task force and has served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee (2002-2007 & 2009). 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, and other parties in interest.

Chambers USA (2011) and Chambers Global (2011) rank Mr. Abrams among the leading individuals specializing in Bankruptcy/Restructuring Law in the United States. Mr. Abrams is also listed in Expert Guides - The Best of the Best, America’s Top Restructuring Lawyers (2010), The K&A Restructuring Register - America's Top 100, The Best Lawyers in America (1995-2012) and the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers (1999-2010). Mr. Abrams received the 2011 Professor Lawrence P. King Award in recognition of his achievements in the field of bankruptcy law and for his leadership in philanthropy. Other honors include being named among a selected few as "2009 Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer (April 2010) for his work in the Delphi Corporation restructuring, and being recognized among the 500 Leading Lawyers in America in the Lawdragon 500 guide (2010).

Mr. Abrams frequently represents clients in the telecommunication, cable, media, 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 also (a) a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of its Board of Regents, (b) a member of the International Insolvency Institute, and (c) a member of the Executive Committee of the Lawyers Division of UJA-Federation of New York.

Mr. Abrams serves as a contributing editor for Collier on Bankruptcy, the preeminent treatise on bankruptcy law. He lectures frequently, including conferences sponsored by the American College of Investment Counsel, the American Bankruptcy Institute, Valcon, the American College of Bankruptcy, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. 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 serves on the Advisory Board of the ABI’s annual "Views from the Bench" Conference, held in conjunction with the Georgetown Law Center. Mr. Abrams is a regular participant 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 (exceptions noted), 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.
  
  
• Delphi Corporation (Ad Hoc Committee assignment and post-restructuring corporate counsel)
  
  
• Hechinger Company
  
  
• Integrated Resources, Inc.
  
  
• Journal Register Company
  
  
• LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.
  
  
• Mosler, Inc.
  
  
• Nortel Networks, Inc. (pending) (for UK Pension Schemes and UK PPF)
  
  
• Orion Pictures, Inc.
  
  
• Petrie Retail, Inc.
  
  
• Phoenix Steel Corp.
  
  
• Prime Hospitality Corp.
  
  
• RathGibson, Inc. (pending)
  
  
• Readers' Digest Association, Inc. (for UK PPF)
  
  
• Rothschild, Inc. (major advisory assignment involving Government controlled Company)
  
  
• Schwinn Cycling & Fitness, Inc.
  
  
• Starter Corporation
  
  
• Sunterra Corporation
  
  
• Teksid, Inc.
  
  
• The LTV Corporation
  
  
• The Multicare Companies
  
  
• The Weinstein Company
  
  
• USinternetworking, Inc.
  
  
• United Site Services Inc. (non-judicial)
  
  
• Woodward & Lothrop, Incorporated

Mr. Abrams’ recent M&A representations include:

• General Growth Properties (pending - for Brookfield Asset Management)
  
  
• Delphi Corporation
  
  
• Next Wave Communications (for Northrop Grumman)
  
  
• Tribune Company (for Comcast Corporation)

Mr. Abrams’ recent Committee matters include:

• Sea Containers Services, Ltd.
  
  
• Delphi Tranche C Collective

Mr. Abrams’ current confidential representations include companies engaged in the construction, entertainment, medical, bio-sciences, and hospitality industries.

Mr. Abrams’ regular institutional clients include:

• AlixPartners, LLC
  
  
• Alvarez & Marsal, Inc.
  
  
• Barcap
  
  
• Capstone Advisory Group, LLC
  
  
• Centerbridge Capital Partners
  
  
• Elliott & Associates
  
  
• Moelis & Company
  
  
• Monarch Alternative Capital LP
  
  
• Rothschild, Inc.
  
  
• Royal Bank of Scotland (The)
  
  
• Silverpoint Capital