Rich Levin is a partner in the Firm's Restructuring Department. Rich's practice focuses on corporate restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy issues. He represents financially troubled corporate debtors, acquirers of troubled companies and special creditors in both out-of-court workouts and Chapter 11 reorganizations. Rich, who served as counsel to a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee from 1975 to 1978, was one of the principal authors of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. He has significant experience guiding debtor and non-debtor clients through insolvency restructuring or reorganization, structuring and negotiating complex deals involving insolvent companies and, where necessary, directing litigation in support of the negotiations.
Rich was born in Los Angeles, CA. He joined Cravath in 2007 as a Restructuring Partner.(212) 474-1978
Corporate
Education
Yale Law School, J.D., 1975
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B., 1972
Professional Affiliations
National Bankruptcy Conference
Vice Chair, since 2004
American College of Bankruptcy
Board of Regents, 2003-2007
Board of Directors, since 2007
Organizations
Federal Judicial Center
Faculty, Bankruptcy Judge Workshops, since 2002
Harvard Law School
Lecturer in Law, 2004 & 2006
World Bank
Consultant, Brazilian bankruptcy legislation
Professional Recognition
Chambers USA 2007: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
K&A Restructuring Register
2002-2007
Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007
Insolvency & Restructuring
Best Lawyers in America - 2007
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