Steven Wilamowsky

Client Work

• Represents the estates in the Refco chapter 11 cases
• Represents the debtor-in-possession in a first-of-its-kind case implicating extensive data privacy and security issues
• Represented a major swap counterparty in the City of Detroit’s chapter 9 case
• Represented bondholder committee in a large supermarket restructuring
• Represented several trust creditors in the Madoff SIPA proceedings
• Represented insider and non-insider defendants in a series of actions alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent transfer claims
• Represented large institutional lenders, loan purchasers, and servicers in multiple mortgage originator cases

Previous Work

Clerkships

• Hon. Tina L. Brozman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Law Clerk (1994-1996)

Boards, Memberships & Certifications

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association
• New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Steering Committee

Publications, Presentations & Recognitions

Publications

• “Forever Again: Is Mall Owners’ Purchase of Forever 21 a Sign of a Trend?,” Business Law Today (Aug. 21, 2020)
• “One Step Back? Ohio Bankruptcy Court Finds That a Hedging Power Purchaser Is Not a ‘Forward Contract Merchant’ Entitled to the Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbor Protections,” (co-author) Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law (Jun. 2019)
• “Chapter 7 Ruling Protects Banks for Debtor-Account Dilemma,” (co-author) Law360 (May 3, 2019)
• “SDNY Decision Could Inject Uncertainty in 363 Sales,” (co-author) Law360 (Oct. 11, 2018)
• “A Valuable Precedent on Bankruptcy Vote Designation,” (co-author) Law360 (Jun. 11, 2018)
• “In Lakeridge, Concurring Justices Take the Spotlight,” (co-author) Law360 (Mar. 12, 2018)
• “Third Circuit Confirms Limits of the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine,” (co-author) Law360 (Jan. 22, 2018)
• “On Second Thought: EFH Court’s Extraordinary Move,” (co-author) Law360 (Oct. 18, 2017)
• “Justice Deferred: What High Court Won’t Review in Lakeridge,” (co-author) Law360 (Apr. 13, 2017)
• “Midstream Oil & Gas Contracts Seeing Changes Following Bankruptcy Court Scrutiny,” (co-author) ACIC Private Notes (Sep. 2016)
• “Making Public Sector Restructurings Work,” The Wall Street Journal Pro – Bankruptcy (Jul. 19, 2016)
• “Red or Black? Difficult Decisions Ahead for Atlantic City,” (co-author) Law360 (Jun. 23, 2016)
• “A Cautionary Tale for Over-Secured Creditors,” (co-author) Law360 (May 25, 2016)
• “Municipal Bankruptcy, Atlantic City and Other Games of Chance,” The Wall Street Journal (May 24, 2016)
• “Last Resort: Municipal Bankruptcy, Atlantic City, and Other Games of Chance,” Daily Bankruptcy Review (May 24, 2016)
• “A Sui Generis Approach to ‘Insider’ Status in Bankruptcy,” Law360 (Feb. 17, 2016)
• “11th Circ. Restricts Equitable Mootness,” (co-author) Law360 (Jan. 5, 2016)
• “Default Interest in Chapter 11: What Sagamore Partners Means for Lenders,” (co-author) Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions (Nov./Dec. 2015)
• “EFH Ruling Impairs Creditor Reliance on Indenture Trustees,” (co-author) Law360 (Nov. 12, 2015)
• “The Precedential Value of Sagamore Partners,” Law360 (Jul. 22, 2015)

Presentations

• "The Unprecedented Financial Crisis of the Evergrande Group," Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Annual Conference, Boston, MA (Nov. 4, 2022)
• “Valuing and Restructuring Distressed Companies in the Face of Operational Headwinds,” American College of Investment Counsel (ACIC) Fall Annual Meeting and Education Conference, New York, NY (Oct. 17-18, 2019)

Recognitions

• The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers (2020-2023)
• New York Metro Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters (2006-2012)
• Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer, Turnarounds & Workouts (2007)