The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
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- Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ ...
- Finance and Restructuring
- Corporate
- Private Equity
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- Corporate
- Finance and Restructuring
- Private Equity
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Profile
Paul Silverstein is a seasoned expert in the bankruptcy/financial restructuring and distressed investing space. He serves as co-head of the firm's Business Practice Group, which includes its corporate, capital finance, bankruptcy/restructuring and real estate and tax teams. He has served multiple terms as a member of legacy Andrews Kurth's Policy Committee, Executive Committee and head of its bankruptcy/corporate restructuring practice.
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 also regularly represents post-reorganization litigation trusts and similar vehicles. He is experienced in the representation of purchasers and sellers of assets, claims and equity interests in distressed and special situations, both strategic and financial, and represents activist investors in both proxy contests and related matters.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, Brooklyn Law School, 1981
BFA, City University of New York, 1977
Areas of Practice
- Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights
- Corporate
- Finance and Restructuring
- Private Equity
- Financial Services
Professional Career
Articles
- Fifth Circuit Addresses Issue of When Oral LSTA Loan Trades Become Binding
- Supreme Court Holds that Fraudulent Transfer and Other “Stern Claims” Are to Be Procedurally Treated as “Non-Core” Claims
- AK Migration: Payments by Enron are "Settlement Payments" under the Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbor Provisions
- AK Migration: Securities Trading by Bondholders--Restrictions on Trading by Pre-Petition Steering Committee Members and 'Chinese Walls'",
- SCOTUS Rules that Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbor Does Not Protect Transfers in Which Financial Institutions Are “Mere Conduits”
- AK Migration: The Evolving Role of Bankruptcy Judges Under the Bankruptcy Code
- AK Migration: Troubled Real Estate - Strategies and Tactics of Today’s Workouts and Bankruptcies
- AK Migration: Maximizing Credit Recoveries from Troubled Bank Loans
- Caveat Emptor: Bankruptcy Claims Buyers Beware as Third Circuit Affirms KB Toys
- Does an RSA with Plum Exit Financing Constitute Vote Buying? Examining the Peabody Situation, Creditors Rights Coalition
- Paul Silverstein Weighs in on Examiner Appointment in FTX Bankruptcy, Creditor Rights Coalition
- LSTA Finalizes Distressed Buy-In/Sell-Out Provisions
- Paul Silverstein Speaks on Exclusive Opportunism, Creditors Rights Coalition
- Special Feature: Disqualified Lender Provisions in the Spotlight, Creditor Rights Coalition
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