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Practice
Co-chairman of the Restructuring and Insolvency Group at Curtis and a member of the Firm’s International Trade and Cross-Border Investment Group, Mr. Harrison has extensive experience in insolvency proceedings, workouts and liquidations on behalf of debtors, creditors and trustees, including representing foreign and domestic, public and private corporations, financial institutions, underwriters and governmental creditors in Chapter 11 reorganizations, structured financings, distressed trades, asset and stock sales, and acquisitions. Mr. Harrison is featured as one of the “leading lawyers on communicating with creditors, analyzing debt and filing for Bankruptcy” and one of the “great legal minds of today” by Aspatore Books in Best Practices for Corporate Restructuring (2006). Mr. Harrison has spoken and lectured on insolvency-related matters throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Far East.
Consistent with the international nature of Curtis’ overall practice, Mr. Harrison is engaged in the Firm’s representation as co-counsel to the Italian Extraordinary Administrator of Parmalat SpA and its affiliates in connection with the restructuring of certain Parmalat SpA’s subsidiaries in the United States and Latin America. In addition, Mr. Harrison recently represented the foreign representative of the first successful ancillary proceeding initiated by a “sindico” (a Mexican liquidator) in the United States since the enactment of Mexico’s Ley de Concurso Mercantiles, the Mexican insolvency law. Among the significant domestic insolvency matters handled by Mr. Harrison, he represented several major creditors, including Williams Power Company, in the Enron Chapter 11 cases and spearheaded the Firm’s representation as Conflicts Counsel for the Chapter 11 Debtor-In-Possession Silicon Graphics, Inc. and its affiliates. He is presently assisting the Firm’s Chapter 11 representation of PlusFunds Group, Inc., the hedge fund manager of the Cayman Islands based SPhinX Funds, and Source Enterprises, Inc., the publisher of “The Source” Magazine.
Mr. Harrison is admitted to the bars of the State of New York and the District of Columbia, and to the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law
Thomas J. Watson Fellow
B.A., Morehouse College, Merrill Scholar
Associations
INSOL World, Editorial Board member
International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals
American Bankruptcy Institute
New York State Bar Association
Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Publications
Contributing author to Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Law 2008 (Aspatore Inc. 2008): Adapting to Significant Changes in the Bankruptcy Practice
Co-written with Marie-Thérèse Allen, Colby B.H. Jenkins and Joshua Geller, Corporate Governance Client Alert, September 2007: A Review of Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Beyond Sarbanes, Directors’ Duties to Creditors of Financially-Distressed Companies.
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East Meets West: Distressed Investing in China, Financier Worldwide (April 2007)
Contributing author to The Law of Distressed Real Estate (Thomson/West 2007): Chapter 39A: Bankruptcy-Ancillary And Cross-Border Cases.
Contributing author to Inside The Minds: Best Practices For Corporate Restructuring (Aspatore Inc. 2006): A Critique on Best Practices in International Insolvency Cases
Co-authored with Jerrold L. Bregman, Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: A Hands-on Guide to the New World Order of Ancillary and Cross-border Cases, The Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice (October 2005)
Mexico Enacts New Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions Laws, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (August 2000)
The Supreme Court Weighs In On Cross Border Insolvencies, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (August 1999)
Recognizing the Extraterritorial Effect of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (March 1995)
Co-authored with Orietta M. Frankel, Peru Implements New Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (December 1993)
Co-authored with Orietta M. Frankel, Bankers Beware: Forum Clauses May Prove Illusory in Venezuelan Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (November 1993)
Co-authored with Orietta M. Frankel, Bankruptcy in Costa Rica, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (October 1993)
Co-authored with John P. Campbell, In Search of Uniformity: Ancillary Jurisdiction Under the Bankruptcy Code, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice (March/April 1993)
“Ancillary Proceedings in the U.S.: Liquidators Beware, Turnarounds & Workouts Europe (January 1993)
Select Speaking Engagements
The Effect of the Credit Crunch on European M&A and Developments in the International Dimension of U.S. Bankruptcy Laws, Swedish Chapter of the New York State Bar Association International Section, March 12, 2009
The PRC Bankruptcy Law and its Practical Implications So Far, INSOL International Annual Regional Conference, Shanghai, China, September 14-16, 2008
Recent Regulations Addressing Trustee Appointments and Compensation Under the New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, April 22, 2007
First Day Orders and DIP Operations & DIP Financing and Cross-Border Insolvencies and New Chapter 15, Practising Law Institute 29th Annual Current Developments in Bankruptcy & Reorganization, New York, New York, April 9-10, 2007
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Aftermath of Enron, Institute for Energy Law 58th Annual Conference on Oil and Gas Law, Houston, Texas, February 15-16, 2007
The New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law Practicing Forum, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China, December 9, 2006
Allowance of Claims & Priorities, Understanding the Basics of Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Practising Law Institute News, December 5, 2006
Recent Developments In Insolvency Laws in China and the U.S., New York State Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section Fall Meeting, Shanghai, China, October 2006
Distressed Opportunities in the United States, Henan University, Kaifeng, China,
Mar-06
Best Practices in International Insolvency Cases, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, March 2006
Distressed Opportunities in the United States, Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China, March 2006
The New International Provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, March 2006 |
