Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Corinne is co-head of the New York Office's restructuring and reorganization practice, and she also organizes the Firm's global restructuring practice, winning this year's TMA International Deal of the Year for the restructuring of Dana Corporation. Corinne also won AmLaw's Dealmaker of the Year for the restructuring of Federal Guaranty Ins. Co. She has 30 years of experience in business finance and restructuring with a focus on complex corporate reorganizations and distress acquisitions, whether court-supervised proceedings such as chapter 11 or restructuring or recapitalization out-of-court, including matters involving multijurisdictional and cross-border enterprises such as the restructuring of Chrysler; Bank of America's relationship with AIG, Metaldyne, Hagemeyer, and El Paso; and GM's relationship with Fiat.

Corinne leads the Firm's efforts on distress M&A, working with GM in acquiring Daewoo; Blackstone and Centerbridge on certain automotive acquisitions; WL Ross & Co. on International Steel Group, International Coal Group, International Textile Group, and Tong Yang Insurance; Continental Airlines on Avianca and others; Lazard Real Estate Funds on Atria and Fortress Home Builders; and IBM on Comdisco and Applied Digital Services, among others. She is also the featured "Distress M&A" columnist for the New York Law Journal.

Corinne has led large and complex reorganizations and restructurings for troubled issuers and enterprises, such as Tarragon, The Williams Communications Companies, Kaiser Aluminum, Olympia & York Companies, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Oceans Casino Cruise Lines, Sammi Atlas, Mesa Airlines, and West Air as well as for lenders and bondholders in Exide SA (Deutschemark bonds), Comdisco (bank lenders), VARIG airlines (lead lessor), the Iridium (bondholders' committee), Loews (bondholders), NorthPoint Communications (bondholders), Excite@Home (secured lenders), GST Communications (equipment lenders), Worldcom (Lucent), Telergy (mezzanine lenders), as well as loans, acquisitions, and workouts involving professional sports franchises, including the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Baltimore Ravens, the Islanders, the Minnesota Wilds, the Bobcats, the New Jersey Devils, and the Phoenix Coyotes.

Recognition and Professional Associations: Corinne is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in every edition since 1999. She is listed in New York Super Lawyers for 2008 as well as listed by the publication as one of the top 50 female lawyers for the Metro New York area. In 2008, she was honored with the "International Turnaround Company of the Year" Award and in 2006, she was named one of the 12 "Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers" by Turnarounds & Workouts.

She is also listed in The Lawdragon 500 with the highest ranking for leading lawyers, named as a leading lawyer in the 2008 edition of the IFLR1000, featured in The International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers 2006 and in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2006, identified as one of the "Top 100 Restructuring Professionals" in the U.S. (K&A Restructuring Register), as a leading individual in bankruptcy in Chambers Global — The World's Leading Lawyers (2009) and in Chambers USA (2008), and as a "highly recommended restructuring and insolvency practitioner in New York" by Global Counsel 3000 (2003-2004 edition) as well as by Who's Who in International Insolvency since 2000.

In addition, she is an official observer to the Drafting Committee on Business Trust Act of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee (chair of the Secured Creditors Committee and former chair of the Chapter 11 Subcommittee and the European Insolvency Task Force), INSOL, the Advisory Committee on Corporate and Securities Law for the Practising Law Institute, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee [BANCOR]). She is also a qualified and active mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts of the Southern District of New York.

Publications: Corinne authors a column on distress M&A for the New York Law Journal and has published articles through the American Bar Association, the Practising Law Institute, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Distressed Investor Conference, The Business Lawyer, the Journal of Securities/Commodities Regulation, The M&A Lawyer, and Corporate Reorganizations on distressed M&A, advising boards of troubled companies, investing in troubled companies, break-up fees and asset sales in chapter 11, trends in the telecommunications industry, cross-border restructuring, the new value exception to the absolute priority rule, and a guide to out-of-court restructuring. She is also a contributing author to the treatise on Reorganizing Failing Businesses, recently published by the American Bar Association.

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
• Distressed Company Litigation
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Financial Services
• Credit Crisis
• Metals & Mining
• Airlines & Aviation

Representative Cases

• Two Jones Day Partners Named "Dealmakers of the Year" by The American Lawyer
• In re Dana Corporation, et al., Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
• Acquisition of Equant
• Acquisition of Equant
• Alliance with Fiat
• American Business Financial Services Chapter 11 Case
• Buyout
• Chapter 11 / Case Administration
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations , (2006)
• Chapter 11 Representation
• Creditor Representation
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Excite@Home Corporation
• Global Refinancing
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Horizon Natural Resources
• Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp.
• Northpoint Communications Group Inc.
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Refinancing
• Reinsurance Transaction
• Sale of GETRAG Interest
• Sale of Joint Venture Interest , (2009)
• Telergy Inc.
• Tender Offer , (2008)

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• George Washington University

Published Works

• Dealmakers of the Year, The American Lawyer, 2009
• Clear Channel: A Sea Change In 363 Sales? New York Law Journal, 2009
• Buyer’s Dream Turns Into Nightmare for Everyone, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2008
• Bank Failures Create Attractive Opportunities, New York Law Journal Corporate Update, 2008
• Credit Crisis Enables Bold Strikes by Investors, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2008
• Unaddressed Issues Scuttle Delphi Bankruptcy Plan, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2008
• Jones Day Charts Dana Corporation's Path to Successful Emergence From Chapter 11, 2008
• Another One Falls: Shades of Drexel Burnham? Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2007
• Second Ruling Cites Markets In Determining Solvency, Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2007
• Q&A With Jones Day's Paul Leake and Corinne Ball, Bankruptcy Law360, 2007
• Teleglobe's' Implications For Attorney-Client Privilege, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2007
• Northwest Bankruptcy: Market Test of Plan Not Required, Distress Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2007
• Court Relies on Markets For Proof of Spin-off's Value, Distress Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2007
• Delphi and Pre-emptive Takeovers in Chapter 11, Distress Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2007
• 'Free and Clear' Protections Extend to Set-off Provisions, Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2006
• Duties of Subsidiary Directors Run to Subsidiary, Not Parent, Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2006
• Ruling in ‘Kaiser’ Clarifies Pension Plan Termination, Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2006
• Navigating Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2006
• 'Delphi' May Encourage Formation of Equity Panels, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2006
• Ruling Suggests 'Inattention' May Lead to Personal Liability, Distressed Mergers, The New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2005
• New British Pension Rules Require Early Consideration, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2005
• Secured Mezzanine/High Yield Debt: Loan to Own? Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2005
• Creditors' Claims Against Directors, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2005
• Section 1145: Theory Versus Practice, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Credit Bidding As an Effective Tool, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Section 363 Sales: Is It Ever Too Late to Bid? Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Pension Considerations In a Sale of Assets, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Turnaround Management: An Inherent Conflict? Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Fallen Angels, Spin-Offs And Tax Attributes, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Rethinking Auctions Under 'Revlon' And Bankruptcy Code §363, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update, 2004
• Bidding Procedures and Sale Orders: The Keys to Distress M&A, American Law Institute-American Bar Association Publication (SJ025 ALI-ABA 411), 2003
• Comparison of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the System of Administration in the UK, 2003
• How to Handle Corporate Distress Sale Transactions, ALI-ABA Business Law Course Materials Journal, 2003
• A Practical Guide to Distress M&A, The M&A Lawyer, 2003

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