Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Paul Silverstein is a member of the firm's Executive Committee, a member of the Policy Committee and co-chair of the Bankruptcy/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 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.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Real Estate

Representative Clients

• Pilgrims Pride Corporation
• Primus Telecommunications
• Credit Suisse, Lehman and Hewlett Packard
• MCAR LLC v. Southern Companies
• Mirant Corporation
• Metromedia International Group
• Allied Holdings
• Lexington Precision
• Refco, Inc.
• Leap Wireless International, Inc.
• American Banknote Corporation
• NEON Communications, Inc.
• Merrill Corp.
• Reptron Electronics, Inc.
• Metricom, Inc.
• Advanced Radio Telecom, Inc.
• Metro Affiliates, Inc.
• Physicians Resource Group
• U.S. Diagnostics
• WHX Corporation

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Listed, New York Super Lawyers 2008 in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Metro Magazine
• Listed AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed New York Super Lawyers 2007 in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Metro Magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Distressed Investing", Beard/Renaissance, 2003 - 2008
• Speaker, "Investment Banking Program", American Bankruptcy Institute
• Speaker, "Corporate Reorganization", Beard/Renaissance
• Speaker, "Investment Banking Program", American Bankruptcy Institute
• Speaker, "Corporate Reorganization", Beard/Renaissance
• Speaker, "Trading Claims - Current Developments", American Bar Association

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1981
  J.D.
• City University of New York, 1977
  B.F.A.

Published Works

• "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, 1985

Address

450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Phones

(212) 850-2819

Faxes

(212) 813-8158

Emails

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Websites

http://www.andrewskurth.com