Clark, Bridget Ann

Richard Engman represents companies and other entities and constituencies involved in distressed transactions and other business restructurings, including borrowers, bank lenders, bondholders, creditor and equity committees, and purchasers and other distressed investors. With a practice focus on out-of-court workouts, Richard's varied client representations and legal scholarship also provide him with broad experience recognizing and addressing the issues that are important to debtors, creditors, and investors in chapter 11 cases, creditor rights litigation, and M&A transactions involving financially troubled companies or their assets.

Richard's representative clients seeking to acquire distressed assets and financially troubled companies include: Aurora Resurgence, Bayside Capital, International Steel Group, Marubeni Corp., Mason Capital, and The Riverside Company. He has represented bondholder committees in the Cone Mills and Mattress Discounters chapter 11 cases; the senior secured creditors in the Bronco Coal, Sonoran Energy, and Renova Energy chapter 11 cases; and significant creditors in numerous other chapter 11 cases, including representation of Banco Nazionale del Lavoro, Canyon Capital, and Goldman Sachs. Richard's principal debtor representations include: Chrysler, Dana Corp. Metaldyne, WHX Corp., and WilTel Communications.

Richard is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association.