Adam C. Rogoff for more than two decades has focused his practice on complex transactional, litigation and advisory work relating to restructuring, commercial finance, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, workouts and "pre-packaged" Chapter 11 matters. He has extensive experience representing a broad range of corporate debtors, creditors (including DIP lenders) and other parties in Chapter 11 restructurings and out-of-court workouts. Mr. Rogoff’s clients have included national retailers; healthcare, including hospitals; service providers, particularly in the airline and hotel industries; and manufacturers, notably in steel, alcohol and metals mining.

Mr. Rogoff’s representations for debtors include: Bayonne Medical Center; Northwest Airlines Corporation and its affiliates; In re Lodgian Inc., et al.; In re Casual Male Corp., et al. and Work 'n Gear; and In re Bradlees Stores, Inc., et al. A sampling of Mr. Rogoff’s other numerous debtor representation includes In re The Grand Union Company; In re Just For Feet, Inc.; In re Crowley Milner and In Re Steinbach Stores; In re Best Products Co., Inc.; In re G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc.; In re Metallurg Inc.; In re R.H. Macy & Co., Inc.; In re The Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc.; and In re Ionosphere Clubs, Inc. (Eastern Airlines).

Mr. Rogoff presently represents the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in In re General Motors Corp. and In re Chrysler LLC. He represented the Committee of Ad Hoc Unsecured Creditors of K’s Merchandise Mart in an out-of-court restructuring. He has also represented numerous creditors and other non-debtor parties, including The Renco Group in connection with the Chapter 11 restructuring of its subsidiary, WCI Steel, Inc. He has represented secured, undersecured and unsecured creditors, as well as DIP lenders, in, among other matters, In re Iron Age Corp., In re American Business Financial Services, In re DVI Inc., Wilsons — The Leather Experts (an out-of-court restructuring), In re Renaissance Cosmetics, Inc., In re The Wiz, In re Plymouth Lamston Stores Corporation, In re Sage-Dey, Inc., In re Coleco Industries, Inc. and In re Edgell Communications, Inc.

Mr. Rogoff was part of the team that defended Merrill Lynch & Co. and affiliates against significant litigation claims brought in the landmark Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy case filed by Orange County, California. Mr. Rogoff has advised purchasers of substantially all of a Chapter 11 debtor’s assets, including the acquiror of the assets of Airways, Inc., MobileAira (a subsidiary of Delphi), Norstan Apparel, Jacobson Stores, Today’s Man and Filene’s Basement. He has also been involved in extensive distressed real estate acquisitions, including such cases as Service Merchandise. Mr. Rogoff has experience under the Securities Investor Protection Act, having represented the trustee in the SIPA liquidation of Stratton Oakmont, Inc.

Additionally, Mr. Rogoff has substantial international experience, representing foreign representatives in ancillary proceedings, including the Trustee in In re Terence R. Ramsden (a high-profile personal insolvency in the United Kingdom, which involved investigating and recovering assets being sheltered in the United States) and the Administrators in TXU Europe. With substantial international financial restructuring expertise, Mr. Rogoff’s other clients have included Goldman Sachs (Japan), The World Bank and the Government of Slovakia.

Mr. Rogoff’s outstanding record led Global Insolvency & Restructuring Review to name him one of its “Top 40 Under 40” global insolvency practitioners in 2000. He was named to the Super Lawyers of New York in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also received the 2005 Burton Award for Legal Writing for his co-authored article in the New York Law Journal, "China Takes Active Steps Towards Reform."

Mr. Rogoff is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, and is a frequent speaker and author of numerous articles and books on bankruptcy matters. He is the general editor and co-author of the Collier International Business Insolvency Guide, serves as a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and Collier Bankruptcy Manual and is an editorial board member of and frequent contributor to The Bankruptcy Strategist.

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1988

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B.A., with honors, Northwestern University, 1985

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District of Columbia
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

General Editor, Collier International Business Insolvency Guide
Editorial Board Member, The Bankruptcy Strategist
Contributing Author, Collier on Bankruptcy and Collier Bankruptcy Manual

Turnaround Management Association