Practice Expertise
- Restructuring
Areas of Practice
- Restructuring
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Chapter 11 Debtor
- Counterparty Insolvency and Risk Management
- Distressed M&A
- Lender Representation View More
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Profile
Richard Kanowitz is a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group in the New York office of Haynes and Boone, LLP
His practice focuses on corporate reorganization and bankruptcy litigation and has represented corporate debtors, unsecured and secured creditors and equity holders in a multitude of businesses including healthcare, telecommunication services, biofuel, biotech, med device, manufacturing, higher education, real estate and retail. He also represents official committees of unsecured creditors in national Chapter 11 cases.
Richard has handled numerous contested bankruptcy matters and adversary proceedings, including cash collateral hearings, severance and retention hearings, asset disposition hearings, exclusivity contests, disclosure statement and confirmation proceedings, fraudulent conveyance actions, claims litigation, UCC lien litigation, executory contract and unexpired lease litigation, and Rule 2004 investigations.
His practice focuses on corporate reorganization and bankruptcy litigation and has represented corporate debtors, unsecured and secured creditors and equity holders in a multitude of businesses including healthcare, telecommunication services, biofuel, biotech, med device, manufacturing, higher education, real estate and retail. He also represents official committees of unsecured creditors in national Chapter 11 cases.
Richard has handled numerous contested bankruptcy matters and adversary proceedings, including cash collateral hearings, severance and retention hearings, asset disposition hearings, exclusivity contests, disclosure statement and confirmation proceedings, fraudulent conveyance actions, claims litigation, UCC lien litigation, executory contract and unexpired lease litigation, and Rule 2004 investigations.
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, New York
Education
J.D., 1992, Hofstra University School of Law
B.A., 1989, University of Michigan
Areas of Practice
- Restructuring
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Chapter 11 Debtor
- Counterparty Insolvency and Risk Management
- Distressed M&A
- Lender Representation
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