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Paul N. Silverstein
Partner

450 Lexington Avenue
New York NY 10017
P: 212.850.2819
F: 212.813.8158
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Paul's practice includes the representation of official and ad hoc creditors and stockholders committees, significant strategic and financial investors and debtors/issuers in complex Chapter 11 reorganizations and out-of-court restructurings. He is experienced in the representation of purchasers and sellers of assets, claims and equity interests in distressed and special situations in connection with both strategic and financial investments.

Representative Experience

  • Regular outside counsel to Credit Suisse, Lehman and Hewlett Packard
  • MCAR LLC v. Southern Companies (Plaintiff)
  • Mirant Corporation (Creditors Committee)
  • Metromedia International Group (Preferred Shareholders)
  • Allied Holdings (Ad Hoc Equity Committee)
  • Lexington Precision (Bondholders)
  • Refco, Inc. (Ad Hoc Equity Committee)
  • Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Vendor Debt Committee)
  • American Banknote Corporation (Debtor)
  • NEON Communications, Inc. (Creditors Committee/Reorganized Company)
  • Merrill Corp. (Bondholders Committee)
  • Reptron Electronics, Inc. (Creditors Committee/Reorganized Company)
  • Metricom, Inc. (Bondholders Committee/Reorganized Debtors)
  • Advanced Radio Telecom, Inc. (First Avenue Networks) (Creditors Committee/Reorganized Company)
  • Metro Affiliates, Inc. et al. (Atlantic Express) (Creditors Committee)
  • Physicians Resource Group (Debtors)
  • U.S. Diagnostics (Bondholders Committee)
  • WHX Corporation (Preferred Stockholder Committee) 

Articles / Publications

Articles

  • "High Yield Bonds," Practising Law Institute (1991)
  • "Maximizing Credit Recoveries from Troubled Bank Loans," IIR (1991)
  • "Troubled Real Estate - Strategies and Tactics of Today’s Workouts and Bankruptcies," WG&L (1990)
  • "The Evolving Role of Bankruptcy Judges Under the Bankruptcy Code," 55 Bklyn Law Rev. 555 (Spring 1985)

Briefings, Seminars & Speeches

Speaker

  • "Distressed Investing," Beard/Renaissance (2006)
  • "Distressed Investing," Beard/Renaissance (2005)
  • "Distressed Investing," Beard/Renaissance (2004)
  • "Distressed Investing," Beard/Renaissance (2003)
  • "Investment Banking Program," American Bankruptcy Institute (2003)
  • "Corporate Reorganization," Beard/Renaissance (2002)
  • "Investment Banking Program," American Bankruptcy Institute (2002)
  • "Corporate Reorganization," Beard/Renaissance (2001)
  • "Trading Claims - Current Developments," American Bar Association (Spring 1997)

Professional / Civic Affiliations

Listed

  • AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell

  • New York Super Lawyers 2007 in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Metro Magazine (September 2007)

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Practice Areas
Education
  • JD, 1981, Brooklyn Law School
  • BFA, 1977, City University of New York
Admitted
  • New York 1982
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