Top Bankruptcy Lawyer Adam Rogoff Joins Kramer Levin’s Premier Restructuring Team

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP announced today that Adam C. Rogoff is joining the firm as a partner in the Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department. For more than two decades, Mr. Rogoff has focused his practice on complex transactional, litigation and advisory work relating to restructuring, commercial finance, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, workouts, and “pre-packaged” Chapter 11 matters.

“We are pleased to have such a well-regarded and experienced lawyer join our firm,” said Paul S. Pearlman, Kramer Levin’s managing partner. “His impressive record of transactions and client base will further enhance our preeminent Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department.”

Prior to joining Kramer Levin, Mr. Rogoff was a bankruptcy partner at Cooley Godward Kronish, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He has extensive experience representing a broad range of corporate debtors, creditors (including DIP lenders) and other parties in Chapter 11 restructurings and out-of-court workouts. Well-regarded for his experience in representing Chapter 11 debtors, Mr. Rogoff’s clients have included national retailers; healthcare, including hospitals; service providers, particularly in the airline and hotel industries; and manufacturers, notably in steel, alcohol and metals mining. His outstanding record led Global Insolvency & Restructuring Review to name Mr. Rogoff one of its “Top 40 Under 40” global insolvency practitioners in 2000. He was named to the Super Lawyers of New York in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also received the 2005 Burton Award for Legal Writing for his co-authored article in the New York Law Journal, "China Takes Active Steps Towards Reform."

“Today’s economy demands a dynamic way of looking at restructuring and bankruptcy, and the breadth of Adam’s experience builds on the abilities of our existing team to best serve our clients in this challenging time,” said Kenneth H. Eckstein, co-chair of Kramer Levin’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department.

Mr. Rogoff is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and is a frequent speaker and author of numerous articles and books on bankruptcy matters. He is the general editor and co-author of the Collier International Business Insolvency Guide, serves as a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and Collier Bankruptcy Manual and is an editorial board member of and frequent contributor to The Bankruptcy Strategist. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law where he graduated Order of the Coif and his B.A. with honors from Northwestern University.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York and Paris. For more than 25 years, the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department has established itself as an industry leader by playing a key role in many of the country’s largest and most complex Chapter 11 cases and business restructuring matters including Tribune Company, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Magna Entertainment, Dana Corporation, Dura Automotive, Calpine, Sea Containers, Adelphia, Northwest Airlines, ASARCO, Bally Total Fitness, just to name a few. The department and its attorneys are consistently praised by peers, professional organizations and top-tier guides to legal excellence. They have received recognition from Chambers USA, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, Legal 500, Best Lawyers in America, New York Super Lawyers, Lawdragon 500, National Bankruptcy Conference, Investment Dealer’s Digest, Turnarounds & Workouts, among others. Recently, the firm received the awards for Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year and for overall Bankruptcy Law Firm of the Year from M&A Advisor. For more information, please visit www.kramerlevin.com/corporaterestructuring.