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Education and Honors
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J.D. (with honors), The University of Texas School of Law, 2006 Associate Editor, Texas Law Review
B.A. ( summa cum laude), Spanish, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2003
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Admissions and Affiliations
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Practice Areas
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Concentration Financial restructuring, distressed asset transactions and insolvency-related litigation
Summary Mr. Roberts represents debtors, creditors, lenders, equity and asset purchasers in corporate reorganization cases and out-of-court workouts, as well as in bankruptcy-related litigation in federal court. He has experience advising on cross-border insolvency issues, the Bankruptcy Code's exceptional treatment of derivatives and capital market contracts and insolvency-related corporate governance issues. Mr. Roberts has worked on chapter 11 cases filed in Texas, Delaware, New York, California, Florida, Virginia and Kentucky.
Following graduation from law school, Mr. Roberts served as a law clerk to the Honorable Hayden Head of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Mr. Roberts is fluent in Spanish.
Representative Engagements
- Representation of publicly traded home builder in the pre-negotiated chapter 11 case of a joint venture development subsidiary, related fiduciary duty litigation and global settlement plan (In re Crown Village Farm, LLC, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware)
- Representation of the Major League Baseball Players Association in pre-packaged chapter 11 case of the Texas Rangers (In re Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, Northern District of Texas)
- Representation of mezzanine subordinated lenders in chapter 11 cases of continuing care retirement communities (In re Erickson Retirement Communities, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas)
- Representation of buyer of an oil and gas company under a stock purchase agreement and confirmed plan of reorganization (In re Crusader Energy Group, Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas)
- Coordination of firm's retention and compensation as special corporate counsel to liquidating chapter 11 debtors (In re BearingPoint, Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York)
- Representation of administrative agent and lending group under senior secured credit facility (In re Heartland Automotive Holdings, Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas)
- Representation of timber harvesting and milling company in its complex chapter 11 bankruptcy (In re Scotia Development LLC, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas)
- Representation of publicly traded master limited partnership in connection with the bankruptcy case of its ultimate parent company (In re SemGoup, L.P., United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware)
- Representation of equity interest owners and subordinated lenders in chapter 11 case of their coal mining subsidiary (In re Clearwater Natural Resources, L.P., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky)
- Representation of unsecured creditors, plan proponent and adversary defendants in bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation (In re South-Win, Inc, United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas)
- Representation of private equity secured lender in lift-stay litigation (In re Reel Revolution Manufacturing, LLC, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas)
- Representation of SEC-appointed receiver of the Stanford Financial Group; advised on various cross-border insolvency issues
- Representation of national and international energy companies; advised on derivative-based credit structures, potential treatment of forward contracts and commodity contracts in bankruptcy
- Representation of buyers and sellers in transactions involving project-financed infrastructure; advised on various creditors' rights and fraudulent transfer issues
- Representation of various strategic asset acquirers in the 363 sale process
- Representation of national and international franchisors; advised on the impact of bankruptcy on franchise agreements; contributed to the institution of policies and procedures for dealing with franchisee bankruptcy filings
- Representation of FDIC-appointed receiver of insolvent bank; advised on interplay of the Bankruptcy Code and the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act
Publications, Speeches and Presentations
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