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Daniel Holzman has extensive experience in the areas of corporate restructurings, bankruptcies, mergers & acquisitions, and securities laws.  He represents clients in a wide array of matters, both in-court and out of court, including structuring, negotiating, and preparing all corporate documents of chapter 11 debtors and other distressed companies; acting as lead corporate counsel to buyers and sellers in numerous distressed M&A transactions; representing issuers and security holders in debt tender offers, exchange offers, and consent solicitations; advising creditors of their rights under debt documents and developing strategies to maximize value; and advising boards of directors and companies with respect to fiduciary duties.  Daniel represents official and unofficial creditor committees, distressed debt funds, senior creditors, equity holders, distressed companies, and purchasers and sellers of distressed assets.

Daniel’s chapter 11 representations include the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of SemCrude, L.P., Counsel to Tranche C DIP Lenders of Delphi Corporation, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Thornburg Mortgage Inc. (n/k/a TMST Inc.), Counsel to Ad Hoc Committees of Noteholders and Preferred Stockholders of TerreStar, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Sentinel Group Management, Inc., WorldCom, Silicon Graphics, Atkins Nutritionals, Loral Space & Communications, Bethlehem Steel, Verado, Republic Technologies, Carmike Cinemas, Footstar, Acterna, DIMAC Direct Marketing, Guilford Mills, the equity holders of Avianca Airlines, bondholders of Integrated Electrical Services, and bondholders of Telogy.  Daniel’s representations with respect to distressed merger and acquisition transactions include Xanodyne in its purchase of substantially all of the assets of the pharmaceutical division of aaiPharma Inc., Republic Technologies in the sale of its assets to KPS Special Situations Fund, Parmalat in the sale of its stock and assets of its North American bakery business to Catterton Partners, Yell in the purchase of the stock of McLeodUSA Publishing, Agway Energy in the sale of its assets to Suburban Propane, General Electric Company in the purchase of the assets of Questron, and Ormat Technologies in the purchase of the stock and geothermal assets of Covanta Energy Corporation.