Alan Brody

908780547

1978

Northwestern University, B.A.

Rutgers University, J.D.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017

973-443-3543 (Phone), 212-801-6400 (Fax)

Restructuring & Bankruptcy, Financial Services Litigation, Retail

<p><strong>Professional & Community Involvement</strong></p><... Turnaround Management Association <br/>•President-Elect, 2022-Present <br/>•Treasurer, Member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, New Jersey Chapter, 2020-2021 <br/>•Co-Chair, Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium, 2022 <br/>•Co-Chair, Mid-Atlantic Networking Summit, 2021 <br/>•Planning Committee, Mid-Atlantic Conference, 2019 <br/>•Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section <br/>•Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association, Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section <br/>•Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section <br/>•Member, American Bankruptcy Institute <br/>•Member, Commercial Finance Association <br/>•Member, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, Bankruptcy Committee, Chapter 11 Practice Sub-Committee</p>

900449930

1991

University of Delaware, B.S., Accounting, 1988

New York Law School, J.D., cum laude; New York Law School, J.D., 1991 Editor; New York Law School, J.D., New York Law School Law Review

Experience: Representative Matters: Counsel to HIG Capital in the $90 million acquisition of Shapes/Arch Holdings LLC, et al., out of Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.; Counsel to Blue Wolf Capital Management in the acquisition of Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc., out of Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts.; Counsel to First Niagara Bank (formerly known as New Alliance Bank), as pre-petition and debtor-in-possession secured lender to The Weck Corporation, et al., a housewares and home furnishing retailer operating under the name Gracious Home with multiple locations throughout New York.; Counsel for a leading financial institution in contested and consensual cash collateral issues, DIP, and exit finance (In re Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al.).; Counsel for the Tranche A debtor-in-possession secured lender in the Global Capacity Holding, LLC, et al., Chapter 11 proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.; Counsel to a real estate developer in the acquisition and financing of a large cooperative building in New York.; Counsel to numerous leading financial institutions in various default and financing situations.; Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Canal Corp. f/k/a Chesapeake Corp., et al., in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involving the sale of substantially all of the company's assets for a purchase price valued at approximately $485 million.; Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of First Connecticut Consulting Group, Inc., et al., a case involving 21 affiliated debtors (some cases now dismissed) with approximately $100 million in real estate holdings throughout the Northeast, currently pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.; Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Protarga, Inc., in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, in a case that involved the prompt sale of the debtor's intellectual property principally comprised of clinical stage pharmaceuticals (including innovative new treatments for cancer, infectious diseases and CNS disorders), following competitive bidding pursuant to 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.; Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Select Nutrition Distributors, Inc., et al., the third largest distributor of health supplements in the country, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.; Counsel to various clothing suppliers in the Mervyn's Holdings, LLC, Boscov's, Inc., and Shoe Pavilion, Inc., bankruptcy cases.; Counsel for Chapter 11 debtors, such as In re Ranch * 1, Inc., et al., in their successful Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.; Counsel to the principal landlord for Tops Appliance City, resulting in the recovery and control of real property and the payment of substantial claims.; Counsel to Worldcom in the Delta Airlines, Inc., et al. bankruptcy proceedings.; Counsel for various municipalities, including the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, representing the redevelopment interests of Jersey City in the five consolidated Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Village Townhouse Estates, Inc., Knob Hill Victorian Estates, Inc., Liberty Harbor North, Inc., Lorraine Mocco and Peter Mocco.; Representation of court appointed receivers in some of the largest securities fraud cases brought by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities, at the request of the State of New Jersey Bureau of Securities, to recover more than $90 million of investor funds, including Wellesley Services, LLC, et al. (Harvey v. Wellesley, et al.), CAJ Trading, Inc., et al. (Farmer v. Natale, et al.) and others.; Counsel to defendants in numerous bankruptcy cases involving the pursuit of preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, subordination and other causes of action.; Counsel to the trustee of the Burke & Burke retail gourmet food chain, in the Southern District of New York, in which we operated the retail establishment through a successful sale of the going concern.; Counsel to the Trustee of Fundamental Brothers, Inc., et al., a major international securities inter-dealer broker and corporate bond broker.; Counsel to the owner of a New Jersey brownfield property in groundbreaking litigation where the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court was used to reduce real property taxes.; Counsel to several large New Jersey real estate developers and landlords as creditors and defendants in various bankruptcy proceedings.

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Greenberg Traurig
200 Park Ave Po Box 677, Florham Park, NJ 07932
443-543-xxxx (Office), 973-301-8410 (Fax)
Greenberg Traurig LLP
200 Park Ave Po Box 677, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-360-7900 (Office)

New Jersey - Active 1991
New York - Currently registered 1992

New York Law School
Degree - JD - Juris Doctor - Law
Graduated - 1991
University of Delaware
Degree - BS - Bachelor of Science
Graduated - 1988

English

American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section - Member
New York State Bar Association - Member

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166

212-801-9200 (Phone), 212-801-6400 (Fax)

Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring, Retail, Subprime & Mortgage Markets

American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section), New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Bankruptcy Litigation).

900449930

1991, New Jersey, 1992, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

University of Delaware, B.S., Accounting, 1988

New York Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1991 Editor, New York Law School Law Review

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Alan J. Brody is a member of the firm's Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring Practice and has a wide-range of experience in bankruptcy and creditors' rights, corporate restructuring and b...

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
200 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932

973-443-3543 (Phone), 973-301-8410 (Fax)

Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring, Retail, Subprime & Mortgage Markets

American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section), New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Bankruptcy Litigation).

900449930

1991, New Jersey, 1992, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

University of Delaware, B.S., Accounting, 1988

New York Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1991 Editor, New York Law School Law Review

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Alan J. Brody is a member of the firm's Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring Practice and has a wide-range of experience in bankruptcy and creditors' rights, corporate restructuring and b...