Philip C. Dublin
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Special Situations
- Technology
- Special Situations & Private Credit
- Private Credit
- Film, Television & Digital Media
- Corporate restructurings and special situations, with an emphasis on representing official and ad hoc creditors’ committees, investors, lenders, debtors and acquirers of businesses in large, complex in-court and out-of-court transactions.
- Involved in some of the largest restructurings in U.S. history.
- Significant experience representing clients in the entertainment, retail, hospitality, telecommunications, logistics and energy industries.
Philip Dublin represents debtors, official and ad hoc creditors’ committees, secured lenders, debtor in possession lenders, institutional investors, hedge funds and acquirers of businesses and assets in chapter 11 cases of all sizes and complexity, as well as in connection with special situations and out-of-court restructurings.
Phil is an effective negotiator and dealmaker, with clients saying, "he is very much of the school of constantly negotiating and trying to get to a deal early.”
He has handled complex multibillion-dollar matters including multiple cross-border transactions across numerous industries.
- Avaya: Counsel to an ad hoc group of first lien lenders in negotiations related to the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Avaya and its affiliates, a multinational cloud communications and collaboration services company, involving $4 billion in liabilities.
- Cineworld: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Cineworld and its affiliates, the world’s second-largest movie chain, involving $4 billion in liabilities.
- GTT: Counsel to GTT Communications and its affiliates, operator of one of the largest Tier 1 internet networks in the world, in their chapter 11 cases involving $4.5 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Carestream: Counsel to an ad hoc group of senior secured first and second lien lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Carestream Health and its affiliates, a leading global provider of medical imaging and nondestructive testing products, involving approximately $1 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Travelport: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured term loan lenders in an out-of-court recapitalization of Travelport Worldwide, a provider of distribution, technology and payment solutions for the travel and tourism industry.
EducationJ.D., Hofstra University School of Law, with distinction, 1998
B.A., College of Charleston, 1994
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, with distinction, 1998
B.A., College of Charleston, 1994
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Turnarounds & Workouts, Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer, 2018, 2022.
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2014 - 2023.
- The Legal 500 US, Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate, 2016 - 2023.
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2019.
- IFLR1000, Notable Practitioner in Restructuring and Insolvency in the United States, 2019.
- Law360, Rising Star, 2010.
- Turnarounds & Workouts, Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer, 2008.