Christopher (Chris) R. Bryant
Counsel Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Chris Bryant works with clients to navigate the complex challenges facing their business. His skillset is unique and is backed by his experience in restructuring, finance and distressed mergers and acquisitions . Chris's comprehensive knowledge in dealing with complex situations helps position him to effectively and efficiently achieve clients' business objectives.
He advises on in-court or out-of-court restructurings, distressed asset deals, debtor in possession financing, assignments for the benefit of creditors, receiverships, monitorships, liquidations, dissolutions and wind-downs, foreclosures, work-outs, , and other creditors' rights matters. Working diligently to present and implement valuable solutions and drive positive outcomes to the most pressing challenges is at the heart of his practice.
Chris partners with secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, foreign and domestic liquidators, receivers, monitors, investors, agents, equity holders, sellers and purchasers of distressed assets, DIP lenders, and committees to provide critical advice and insight on matters involving domestic and cross-border assets, financings, asset acquisitions and dispositions, creditor and secured party rights, and proceedings.
Representative experience
Barings as pre-petition secured lender in the GigaMonster chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Alvarez & Marsal as court appointed monitor in SEC vs. GPB Capital Holdings case in the Eastern District of New York
Defendant in a real estate receivership case in Florida state court
Vero Fiber Networks as purchaser of broadband assets in a 363 sale in the Futurum chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
Aberdeen in connection with purchase of all assets of Heliotrope in a California assignment for benefit of creditors
Leading computer technology company in connection with acquisition of all assets of borrower through a deemed strict foreclosure
Velocys as stalking horse purchaser and DIP lender in chapter 11 case of Juniper GTL in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
Orexigen as debtor in its chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Minority equity holder in dispute with majority holders concerning potentially fraudulent activity and potential pre-judgment remedies or receivership
FMS (“bad bank") in connection with strict foreclosure by lender syndicate of Pocahontas toll road and subsequent sale of interests; numerous other “bad bank” divestitures of assets
ACON as DIP lender and stalking horse purchaser of Applebee’s restaurant franchisee in Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kentucky
Signal International in its chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
ACON in sale of all oil field assets and dissolution of portfolio company Saga Resources
KPMG as foreign liquidators in chapter 11 and chapter 15 cases of Inverness Distribution involving a 363 sale of foreign film rights in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
E&Y as foreign liquidator in chapter 11 cases of Rock US involving liquidating plan sale of two commercial towers in Manhattan
Broadway Partners as debtor in its chapter 11 bankruptcy case in Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, including plan sale of sale of two residential towers in Washington, D.C.
SCB in connection with enforcement of rights under secured loan facility against international diamond and jewelry distributors
Morris Anderson as court appointed receiver in New York State receivership of EB Brands in liquidating intellectual property assets, inventory, accounts receivable, and resolving claims and litigation
ID Logistics as stalking horse purchaser of Nespresso coffee distribution rights from Jagged Peak in a 363 sale in Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
Midcap as DIP lender and stalking horse purchaser in Sancilio chapter 11 case in Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
McKinsey as DIP lender and stalking horse purchaser in New Stream pre-pack chapter 11 case in Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
CSC in connection with purchase of all assets of TouchofModern in an assignment for benefit of creditors
Lloyd’s in UCC strict foreclosure and simultaneous sale of U.S. assets of Tensator securing defaulted loan facility
Venture capital fund in UCC strict foreclosure of assets of portfolio company/borrower securing defaulted loan facility
German insolvency administrator of Qimonda AG in connection with U.S. law aspects of complex, international fraudulent conveyance litigation
Credentials
- J.D., St. John's University, 2000
- B.A., State University of New York Empire State College, 1996
- New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Suffolk Courts Bar Association