Daniel H. Golden is the partner in charge of Akin Gump’s New York office and heads the financial restructuring practice group in New York.
A financial restructuring attorney focusing on corporate restructurings and bankruptcies for over 30 years, Mr. Golden has a renowned practice in representing creditors committees and bondholder committees in large, complex out-of-court restructurings and chapter 11 cases. He acted as lead counsel for creditors/bondholders committees and/or the leading activist creditor in many of the country’s largest and highest-profile restructurings and chapter 11 cases, including WorldCom, Lyondell, Tribune, WCI Communities, TOUSA, Chemtura, Tower Automotive, Solutia, Loral Space & Communications, Globalstar, Hayes Lemmerz, XO Communications, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products and Hillsborough Holdings. In addition, he has represented numerous corporate debtors and acquirers of distressed companies and/or their assets. Mr. Golden has been frequently recognized as one of the country’s leading financial restructuring attorneys in publications including Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers.
Mr. Golden received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974 and his J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977. He is a member of the New York Bar.
Mr. Golden lectures frequently on a variety of bankruptcy topics before bar associations and professional organizations.