Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Carl Black concentrates his practice in the representation of debtors, financial institutions, creditors, and other parties in restructuring matters, chapter 11 cases, and in commercial litigation and general commercial law, including fraudulent conveyance matters.

Carl has played an active role in the Firm's representation of debtors, secured lenders, asset purchasers, creditors' committees, and other parties in interest in large corporate restructurings, including representations of debtors in the chapter 11 cases of Burlington Industries, Dana Corporation, Imperial Home Decor Group, LTV Steel Company, Montgomery Ward & Co., NexPak Corporation, Oglebay Norton Company, and World Kitchen. Other matters include representation of: creditors' committee counsel in the GWI, Inc. and Specialty Foods Corporation chapter 11 case; National City Bank as a prepetition and postpetition lender in the Gibson-Homans Company chapter 11 case; Lucent as a prepetition secured lender in the AT&T Latin America chapter 11 case; International Paper as the largest unsecured creditor and a major contract party in the chapter 11 case of Androscoggin Energy; the Riverside Company in connection with certain troubled investments; Morganthaler Partners in connection with certain troubled investments; and Cablevision Systems Corporation and certain of its affiliates in an adversary proceeding in the chapter 11 case TW, Inc. seeking in excess of $300 million in damages.

Carl also has provided insolvency-related advice to Firm clients in litigation and transactional contexts and has participated in out-of-court restructurings on behalf of a variety of parties. In addition, he counsels clients on fraudulent conveyance, illegal dividend, preferential transfer, fiduciary duty, and corporate formalities issues and has represented entities in the related structuring and consummation of recapitalizations and other corporate transactions.

Carl was awarded an "up and coming" designation in the field of bankruptcy/restructuring in the 2007 and 2008 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. In 2005 and 2006, Carl was selected as an "Ohio Rising Star" by Law & Politics. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Areas of Practice

• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Secured Lender Groups
• Bondholder Committees
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Global Restructuring Matters

Representative Cases

• Advance Watch Company
• AT&T Latin America, Inc.
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Representation
• Creditor Representation
• Creditor Representation
• Environmental
• Expert Representation
• GWI, Inc., and Specialty Foods Corporation
• Pacific Crossing Limited Chapter 11 Case
• Preference Action
• Reinsurance Transaction
• The Gibson-Homans Company
• The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of TW, Inc. f/k/a Cablevision Electronics Investments v. Cablevision Systems Corporation, Case No. 05-50585, USBC District of Delaware

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Foreclosures, Garnishment, International Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Securities Law, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Ohio State University

Published Works

• Jones Day Charts Dana Corporation's Path to Successful Emergence From Chapter 11, 2008
• Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions (2d Edition 2006), contributing author, 2006
• A Chapter 11 Debtor's Life after Oct. 17: Not So Bad if You Plan Effectively, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Vol. XXIV, No. 9, 2005
• Debtors Beware: The Expanding Universe of Non-Assumable / Non-Assignable Contracts in Bankruptcy, co-author, 13 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 187, 2005
• Licensee's Continued Use of Trademarks Satisfies New Value Preference Defense, 2005
• Preference Action Barred to Recover Payments under Assumed Contract, 2004
• Stay-On Benefits Not Entitled to Administrative Priority, 2002

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7035 (Business Phone)

Faxes

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Websites

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