Mr. Lowenthal has earned recognition as a skilled advocate for clients in bankruptcy, creditors' rights and corporate restructuring matters, for work on behalf of creditors' committees, trade creditors, institutional lenders, and bankruptcy trustees and examiners. His practice is devoted to the representation of US and non-US business entities in complex commercial disputes in a wide range of industries. He also has achieved numerous favorable results for clients in trial and appellate courts as well as commercial arbitration. He has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest "AV" rating.
Representative Matters
Representing the Liquidation Trustee in the Tarragon Corporation bankruptcy case.
Representing the Trust Oversight Committee in the Disney retail store chain bankruptcy case.
Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Fleet Trucking Inc. bankruptcy case.
Representing an indenture trustee on $1.5 billion of unsecured debt on the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Washington Mutual, Inc. bankruptcy case.
Represented Harrison J. Goldin, an examiner in the Enron Corp. bankruptcy case, in an investigation of many of Enron's special-purpose-entity transactions.
Represented the Retiree Committee in the U.S. Airways, Inc. bankruptcy case.
Won a crucial decision of first impression for financial institutions whose security interests were challenged by the bankruptcy trustee in The Bennett Funding Group, Inc. case, a case that stemmed from an alleged $1 billion Ponzi scheme.
Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the STAR Telecommunications, Inc. bankruptcy case.