Peter Young

About Peter Young

I am a bankruptcy lawyer concentrating on complex corporate workouts, restructurings and bankruptcies. I represent public and private companies, boards of directors, lenders, unsecured creditors, sellers, purchasers and investors in a wide variety of out-of-court and in-court workout, restructuring and reorganization matters. I also represent parties in bankruptcy-related litigation.

Experience

1. Partner

   Proskauer Rose Llp

   Mar 2009 — Present

   I am a partner in Proskauer’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group.My recent engagements include the representation of:• Energy Future Holdings Corp.(EFH), as debtor in possession, in its chapter 11 case. With over $49 billion in liabilities and $36 billion in assets, EFH and its affiliated-debtors’ chapter 11 cases are the largest operating chapter 11 cases ever filed in Delaware and the seventh largest in history.• KPS Capital Partners, LP, as debtor-in-possession lender to, and acquirer of the business of, chapter 11 debtor Furniture Brands International, Inc. and its affiliates. The transaction was selected as consumer and retail products deal of the year by The M&A Advisor.• Philadelphia Newspapers and its affiliates as chapter 11 debtors. The transaction was selected as chapter 11 turnaround of the year (middle market) by The M&A Advisor.• HMX Acquisition Corp. and its affiliates as chapter 11 debtors. The transaction was selected as chapter 11 turnaround of the year (over $100 million to $1 billion) by The M&A Advisor.• Assignee for the benefit of creditors of Heads & Threads International LLC and its affiliates in the liquidation of all of the companies’ assets and the administration of its assignment for the benefit of creditors.• American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund (AFM-EPF) in a number of employer restructuring and bankruptcy cases, including the chapter 11 case of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA), achieving the largest settlement amount paid to any creditor in the POA’s chapter 11 case.

Education

• Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

  J.D.

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Appeals
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Courts
• Trials
• Bankruptcy
• Legal Research
• Securities Regulation
• Securities Litigation
• Corporate Governance
• Commercial Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Class Actions
• Civil Litigation
• Arbitration
• Corporate Law