Advises on corporate restructurings, workouts and creditors’ rights litigation, with a particular focus on the representation of investment funds and financial institutions in distressed situations.

Adam has represented a variety of clients in connection with distressed acquisitions by third-party investors or existing creditors through “credit bid” or similar strategies, as well as in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

In addition to representing creditors and acquirers in distressed situations, he has represented Chapter 11 debtors, as well as portfolio companies in out-of-court exchange offers, debt repurchases and other capital restructurings.

• TPG Specialty Lending Inc. as secured term lender in connection with the Barney’s Chapter 11 cases
• The official unsecured creditors’ committee in the Maxus Energy Corporation Chapter 11 case.
• Ad hoc committee of holders of 6.50-percent notes issued by Seventy Seven Energy Inc.
• Cerberus Capital Management in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of RadioShack Corp.
• Cerberus Capital Management in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of LightSquared Inc. and its affiliates.
• Mount Kellett Master Fund II in the Chapter 11 case of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (as both lender and equity holder).
• A group of private equity funds in the Allied Systems Holdings bankruptcy.
• A group of private equity funds, in their capacity as term loan holders, in connection with the “credit bid” acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. and its affiliates.
• The agent and term lenders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases (and simultaneous proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada) of Pope Talbot Inc. and its affiliates.
• The agent and term lenders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases (and simultaneous proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada) of AbitibiBowater Inc. and its affiliates.
• A private equity fund in connection with the proposed acquisition of a substantial portion of the assets of Delphi Corp. and its affiliates.
• A group of private equity funds, in their capacity as term lenders, in connection with the “credit bid” acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Lenox Brands Inc.
• A group of private equity funds, in their capacity as lenders, in connection with the “credit bid” acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Pappas Broadcasting Inc.
• A financial institution in connection with the “credit bid” acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Inner City Media Corporation and its affiliates.
• The first-lien lenders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of DBSD North America Inc. and its affiliates.
• The largest single mortgage certificate holder in the Chapter 11 cases of Extended Stay Hotels Inc. and its affiliates.
• Several portfolio companies of private equity funds in connection with out-of-court exchange offers, debt repurchases and other capital restructurings.

• Chambers Global
• Chambers USA
• The Legal 500 US
• Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2026
• The K&A Restructuring Register
• Who’s Who Legal: Restructuring & Insolvency 

Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 1986, magna cum laude
Emory University, BA, 1982

Admissions
New York

Courts/Agencies
US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
US District Court, Southern District of New York
US District Court, Eastern District of New York