Dan Fliman is a partner in the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. With more than 20 years of experience navigating high-stakes reorganizations and related litigation, he represents creditors, committees, debtors and fiduciaries in their most complex recovery efforts, with a particular focus on credit-related disputes. 

He maintains a multifaceted practice that is equally weighted between courtroom advocacy and deal execution. On the transactional side, Dan leads matters involving complex capital structures, plan negotiations, multijurisdictional insolvencies, liability management exercises and distressed acquisitions. On the litigation side, he represents clients in federal and state courts, with a focus on bankruptcy plan disputes and lawsuits involving contract enforcement, fraudulent conveyances, equitable subordination and breaches of fiduciary duties. This rare ability to shift seamlessly between transactional restructuring and contentious disputes allows him to approach every matter with the ideal skill set to achieve the clients’ ultimate business objectives.

As a client told Chambers, “Where he stands out is that he wants to get to yes. When we are looking at something and want to get creative, it feels like I am talking to someone in my own industry.”

Beyond his client work, Dan serves as global co-chair of talent development at Paul Hastings and sits on the board of directors of Friends of the Children New York. He is widely recognized for both transactional restructuring and bankruptcy litigation by Chambers, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Turnarounds & Workouts. A strong believer in pro bono, he was honored at The Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Awards.

• Emory University School of Law, J.D., 2003
• Tufts University, B.A., 2000