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Overview
Dan Fliman is a partner in the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Dan has nearly two decades of experience working on high-profile restructurings and related litigations. He most often represents creditors, committees, debtors, shareholders, sponsors and fiduciaries looking to mitigate exposure, or maximize recoveries, in contentious contexts.
He is experienced handling a wide variety of disputes (from differing sides) in federal and state courts, with particular focus on bankruptcy plan-related litigation and lawsuits involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent conveyance and equitable subordination.
Accolades
- Bankruptcy Litigation, Chambers USA
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Best Lawyers
- Future Star, Benchmark Litigation
- Under 40 Hot List, Benchmark Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Chambers USA
- Restructuring of the Year for LATAM Airlines Group, IFLR (2023)
- Nationally Recommended, Restructuring Including Bankruptcy: Corporate, Legal 500 USA
- Restructuring of the Year ($500M - $1B) for American Addiction Centers, The M&A Advisor (2021)
- Restructuring of the Year (Over $10B) for Intelsat, The M&A Advisor (2023)
- Super Lawyers
- Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer, Turnarounds and Workouts
- Turnaround of the Year: Mid-Size Company for American Addiction Centers, Turnaround Management Association (2021)
Education
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., 2003
- Tufts University, B.A., 2000
Representations
- American Addiction Centers (lenders)
- Boardriders (lenders)
- Borders Group, Inc. (debtors)
- Broadstripe, LLC (official creditors' committee)
- Caesars Entertainment Operating Company et al. (certain stakeholders)
- Calfrac (noteholders)
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (bondholders)
- Digicel (ad hoc group of secured lenders and secured noteholders)
- Eastman Kodak (majority bondholders and rights offering backstop parties)
- Energy Future Holdings (ad hoc committee of EFH legacy bondholders)
- Franchise Group (ad hoc group of first lien and DIP lenders)
- GT Real Estate (plan sponsor)
- GWG Holdings (independent director)
- iHeart Media (note trustee)
- Intelsat (noteholders)
- J.Crew Group Inc. (company)
- LATAM Airlines (creditors)
- Lightstream (Mudrick)
- The McClatchy Company (official creditors’ committee)
- Mesquite Energy (special committee of the board of directors)
- Payless (lenders)
- Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. bankruptcy (former directors)
- Smurfit Stone (preferred shareholders)
- Travelport (ad hoc term lender group)
- Trico Marine Services (official creditors' committee)
- Waypoint Leasing (lenders)
- Western Dental (ad hoc group of term lenders)