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Walter H. Curchack
Partner and Chair, Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Practice Group

Walter Curchack's practice covers a broad spectrum of complex bankruptcy and corporate transactions, with a particular emphasis on the representation of creditors, indenture trustees, bank agents and the buyers and sellers of assets. Mr. Curchack also has significant experience in financing, corporate trust, investment advisory and corporate governance matters, cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and the formation, financing and restructuring of corporate and real estate transactions.

Publications/Speeches

Speaker, World Research Group's Financing & Optimizing Yield in Distressed Investing, New York, New York (April 20, 2009)
Co-author, No Free Pass on Transfer Liability; Good Faith Defense Alive and Well: The Pros and Cons of Gredd v. Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. for Prime Brokers, California Bankruptcy Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4 (2008)
Speaker, IQPC's 3rd Global Distressed Debt Investor Forum, New York, New York (September 23-24, 2008)
Speaker, Valuation of Distressed Securities Workshop, New York, New York (July 17-18, 2008)
Panelist, Bankruptcy Fundamentals: Nuts & Bolts for Young & New Practitioners, American Bankruptcy Institute, New York, New York (2007-2010)
Speaker, The Subprime Crisis and its After-Effects, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (March 11, 2008)
Author, Subprime Financiers Take Note: BAPCPA May Not Save the Day for Repurchase Agreement Participants, Financier Worldwide (November 2007)
Panelist, AIRA's New York City Luncheon: Claims Trading - Issues and Implications, New York, New York (November 1, 2007)

Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Member, Turnaround Management Association

Distinctions

Named "New York Super Lawyer" in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights by Law & Politics (2007)
Highest "AV Preeminent (5 out of 5)" Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1975,

Articles Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review

Yale University, B.A., 1972, cum laude

New York, 1976

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1976

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