Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP


Eric Winston Eric Winston Quinn Emanuel 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor Los Angeles California 90017 work213-443-3000 ericwinston@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard Los Angeles Office Tel: 213-443-3000 Fax: 213-443-3100 ericwinston@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Bankruptcy and Restructuring Education University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1998) UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy: Managing Editor, 1997-1998 Extern to the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Political Science, high honors, 1995) Publications and Lectures Co-author, "State Defiance of Bankruptcy Law," 52 Vand. L. Rev. 1527 (2000) Co-author, "Sizing Up The 'Cap' - Commercial Lease Rejection Claims In Bankruptcy," 27 Cal. Bankr. J. 209 (2004) Guest Lecturer, Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization, Loyola Law School Guest Lecturer, Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law Panelist, numerous corporate and insolvency organizations Awards Named in 2005 by Turnarounds & Workouts as among the “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” (nationally, from all bankruptcy practitioners under the age of 40) Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Southern California Super Lawyer for years 2004-2010 Prior Associations Stutman Treister & Glatt: Shareholder, 2004-2009 Associate, 1999-2004 Law Clerk to the Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1998-1999 Professional Activities Member, American Bar Association Co-vice Chair of the Insolvency Law Committee, The State Bar of California (2008 - 2009) Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association Member, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) Member, Financial Lawyers Conference Member, International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals Admissions Member, The State Bar of California; United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Tenth Circuit; United States District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California	Send to a friend Biography Mr. Winston's practice includes all areas of corporate insolvency and reorganization and insolvency-related litigation. He has represented debtors, creditors’ committees, secured lenders, bondholders, hedge funds, and asset acquirers in and out of court. Recent representative cases include Lehman Brothers Holdings, Station Casinos, SemGroup, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Persik Productions, and SK Foods. As counsel to Azabu Building's official committee of unsecured creditors, Mr. Winston led ground-breaking equitable subordination and fraudulent transfer litigation against a foreign bank and insiders of the debtor involving hundreds of millions of dollars in claims against the debtor. His representation of significant unsecured creditors of Enron Corporation included leading the "Schedule S" litigation, reported at In re Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., 370 B.R. 64 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2007), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 380 B.R. 307 (S.D.N.Y. 2008). Mr. Winston’s recent representation of a commercial property owner faced with foreclosure concluded with a successful out-of-court restructuring of a $55 million secured loan that resulted in the property owner retaining full ownership of the real property. Mr. Winston frequently speaks at panels and conferences around the country and has guest lectured at Loyola and University of Southern California law schools. He has written several law review articles, and has been a member of the State Bar of California Insolvency Law Committee. Representative Clients Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., et al. Conflicts Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors SemGroup L.P., et al. Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and Litigation Trust Stations Casinos Inc., et al. Conflicts Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Fontainebleu Las Vegas, et al. Counsel to significant secured term creditor Adelphia Communications Corporation, et al Represented City of Santa Monica Azabu Buildings Company, Ltd. Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and Azabu Liquidating Trust Butler Manufacturing Company Represented company in out of court restructuring Controlled Power Corporation of Ohio, et al Counsel to debtor in possession lender and asset acquirer Enron Corporation, et al. Counsel to significant holders of unsecured claims Eurofresh, Inc., et al. Counsel to holders of majority of senior unsecured notes Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. Represented co-plan proponent and reorganized airline Huntsman Corporation, et al. Represented company in out of court restructuring O'Sullivan Industries Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Persik Productions Counsel to significant unsecured creditors SK Foods Counsel to putative class action claimants SuperGuide v. Gemstar Development Counsel to defendant in federal district court action Notable Representations In the Azabu Buildings’ chapter 11 case, which involved nearly $8 billion in asserted unsecured claims and parallel bankruptcy proceedings in the United States and Japan, Eric was one of the lead attorneys representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Azabu Liquidating Trust. Eric worked closely with the debtor’s counsel in persuading the Bankruptcy Court to confirm over multiple objections a joint plan of reorganization that resulted in a tax efficient transaction in excess of $410 million. In addition, Eric led the prosecution of several ground-breaking adversary proceedings, all of which were settled favorably before trial. One concerned the assertion against a Japanese bank of claims of equitable subordination and avoidance of fraudulent transfers concerning hundreds of millions of dollars. The defendants agreed to release liens on property valued in excess of $20 million, waiving nearly $200 million in claims, and paying the estate over $10 million cash. Another concerned the estate’s efforts to equitably subordination over $1 billion in claims held by alleged insiders of the debtor; this matter was settled with the defendants agreeing to the disallowance of over 90% of their claims. Eric represented several hedge funds holding billions of dollars in claims in the Enron bankruptcy; he drafted numerous briefs, including objections to plan confirmation and objections to the settlement with one of the “mega claim” defendants. He appeared in court numerous times, deposed several witnesses in connection with plan confirmation, and led the “Schedule S” intercreditor litigation; Eric’s clients obtained substantial returns as the result of a favorable ruling that eliminated hundreds of millions of dollars in claims that had been incorrectly scheduled as benefiting from contractual subordination.