Mr. Antonoff is an Insolvency and Restructuring partner in the New York office.  Mr. Antonoff represents secured and unsecured creditors, creditors committees, indenture trustees, buyers, investors, landlords, technology licensors and other parties in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructuring, financial transactions and commercial litigation. He also represents foreign companies and creditors in cross-border and international insolvency cases. He has developed a focused practice counseling financial institutions on insolvency aspects  of structured finance, derivatives, netting agreements and other financial contracts. He also has substantial experience representing parties buying distressed businesses in bankruptcy cases and in private transactions.

Mr. Antonoff has published numerous articles on bankruptcy and litigation issues and is frequently invited to speak at bankruptcy conferences and legal education seminars and provide broadcast and print media commentary.

• Representing major magazine publisher as a creditor in the chapter 11 case of Anderson News, Inc.
• Representing Loan Syndications & Trading Association as amicus in a Third Circuit appeal of credit bidding ruling in the Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., chapter 11 case
• Represented private equity firm as "stalking horse" bidder for Banner Aerospace business in The Fairchild Corporation bankruptcy case
• Represented Unsecured Creditors Committee Chair in Eclipse Aviation Corporation
Representing counterparty to derivatives contracts in Lehman Brothers chapter 11 case
• Representing insured credit swap counterparty in restructuring and potential insolvency of several monoline financial guaranty insurance companies
• Representing warehouse lenders, underwriters and buyers in mortgage lender bankruptcy cases including American Home Mortgage, People's Choice and Ownit
• Represented buyer of mortgage loan origination and servicing platform in the People's Choice Home Loan, Inc. Chapter 11 case
• Represented buyer in bankruptcy acquisition of Strauss Discount Auto
• Represented indenture trustee in declaratory judgment action in connection with proposed $3.4 billion sale transaction
• Counsel to foreign bank securities customer in prosecution of $65 million claim against Refco Capital Markets
• Counsel to power plant joint venture partners in Calpine Corp. Chapter 11 case
• U.S. bankruptcy counsel to Brazilian airline in a cross-border insolvency case
• Creditors committee counsel in the Napster bankruptcy case
• Counsel to equipment lessors in In re Collins & Aikman, Inc.
• Successfully defended $6 million preference claim in In re Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc.
• Counsel to buyer in Commerce One bankruptcy
• Counsel to landlord and member of creditors committee in Cable & Wireless chapter 11 case
• Represented lender and clearing bank in hedge fund bankruptcy cases, including litigation of claims arising from liquidation of brokerage accounts
• Represented software licensors in blocking assignment of license agreement and litigating preference claims to avoid pre - bankruptcy royalty payments

American Bankruptcy Institute

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Structured Finance Committee

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

New York City Bar Association, "Derivatives in Chapter 11 After Lehman" (New York City), March 2010

Practicing Law Institute, "Recent Developments in Distressed Debt: CDOs and Monoline Insurance Companies" (New York City), January 2010

Accretive Solutions CEO / CFO Interactive Roundtable Discussion: "Navigating Through Tough Times: Turning Distressed Markets to Your Advantage" (Silicon Valley, CA), June 2009

National Retail Federation, "Bankruptcy Contingency Planning for Retailers, Vendors and Shopping Mall Owners" (New York City), January 2009

Practicing Law Institute, "Recent Developments in Distressed Debt, Restructurings and Workouts -- Fallout from the Credit Crunch" (New York  City), November 2008

Atlantic Legal Foundation and Pillsbury, "The Future of Credit Default Swaps" (New York City), November 2008

Capital Markets Credit Analysts Society, "Monolines Un-'Wrapped'" (New York City), September 2008

Credit Crisis Litigation Conference (London), June 2008

Subprime Lending, Litigation and Enforcement (American Conference Institute), March 2008 (Conference Co-Chair)

Responsible Mortgage Lending (American Conference Institute), November 2007

International Corporate Recovery Forum (Brazil), 2006 and 2007

New York City Bankruptcy Conference (American Bankruptcy Institute), 2000, 2001 and 2005

Aircraft Financing Forum, October 2005

Transportation Financing Conference, October 2005

Corporate Restructuring & Distressed Investing in Latin America,  February 2006