Steve Warren

Steve Warren specializes in corporate finance, reorganizations, restructurings, and financial/bankruptcy litigation. His practice includes workouts, restructurings and bankruptcies, as counsel to both creditors and corporate debtors. Steve also represents clients in structuring complex financial transactions.

Additionally, Steve defends officers and directors in insolvency-related litigation, in which he often works in conjunction with members of our Litigation Department. His D&O representations include successful resolutions in the ATM Acquisitions litigation in Delaware Chancery Court, First Executive-Executive Life Insurance securities and policy holder litigation and the Imperial Savings-RTC litigation. He also advises clients concerning bankruptcy risks in corporate transactions.

• Served as counsel to Kern Cal Oil for its US$145,000,000 in secured loans to All American Oil and Gas, including successful pursuit of rights in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, which resulted in Kern Cal acquiring the assets of the debtors
• Acts as national bankruptcy counsel for Fannie Mae, including in the Ditech bankruptcy case concerning approximately US$52 billion in mortgage debt
• Represented Lenado Capital Partners in approximately US$275,000,000 in claims in the Movie Gallery bankruptcy case (including senior secured revolver claims, senior secured term debt and second lien debt)
• Served as counsel for Clearlake Capital in the successful acquisition of Ashley Stewart through a section 363 sale, named as Turnaround Deal of the Year by the M&A Advisor
• Acted as debtor’s counsel to Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
• Represented Warner Brothers in the MGM bankruptcy case   
• Represented Crescent Capital in the successful work-out and resolution of its loans to Tourneau, Inc.
• Served as debtor's counsel to Gottschalks, Inc. in its bankruptcy case