Michael R Lastowski

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Of Counsel

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Real Industry chapter 11 case.
  Represented the Government Employees' Retirement System of the Virgin Isl
  s as a secured creditor in the chapter 11 case of Life Settlements Absolute Return I, LLC.
  Represented the Joint Administrators of BSG Resources Limited in their chapter 15 case.
  Represented the DIP lender in the chapter 11 case of the Nordam Group, Inc.
  Represented a secured lender in the chapter 11 case of Claire's Stores, Inc.
  Represented the chapter 11 trustee in the New Engl
  Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a New Engl
  Compounding Center case.
  Represented the majority shareholder of Syms Corp. in the chapter 11 case of Filene's Basement, L.L.C.
  Represented the Delaware Economic Development Authority as a second lien lender in the chapter 11 case of Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc.
  Represented private equity firm Clarion Capital Partners
  its portfolio company Lenox Corporation in Lenox's successful $22.2 million bid in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts to acquire, in a Section 363 sale, substantially all of the assets of Reed
  Barton Corporation, a prominent American silversmith manufacturer.
  Represented purchaser
  its joint venture partners in securing the highest bid for purchase of Montana resort in the resort's Chapter 7 bankruptcy case.
  Represented Sleep Innovations Inc., a manufacturer
  distributor of specialty sleep products, in its chapter 11 case
  was co-recipient of the 2010 Turnaround of the Year Award in the Large Company category from the Turnaround Management Association.
  In re Archway Cookies, LLC (Counsel to the Debtors)
  In re Borden Chemicals & Plastics Operating Limited Partnership (Counsel to the Debtors)
  In re Buffets Holdings, Inc. (Co-counsel to the First Lien Lenders)
  In re CareMatrix Corp. (Counsel to the Debtors)
  In re Comfort Co., Inc. (Counsel to the Debtors)
  In re Cone Mills Corp. (Counsel to Asset Purchaser)
  In re Digital Broadb
  Communications (Counsel to the Debtor)
  In re Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. (Co-counsel to the First Lien Lenders)
  In re Lids Corp. (Counsel to the Debtor)
  In re Safety-Kleen Corp. (Counsel to Asset Purchaser)
  In re Spansion Inc. (Co-counsel to the Debtors)
  In re Tropicana Entertainment, LLC (Co-counsel to the First Lien Lenders)
  In re USG Corporation (Co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
  In re VF Br
  s Inc. (Co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
  In re Video Update, Inc. (Co-counsel to the Debtor)
  In re Vitts, Inc. (Counsel to the Debtor)
  In re W.R. Grace & Co. (Co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
  In re White Energy, Inc. (Counsel to the Debtors)