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Paul B. Haskel

Partner

Paul B. Haskel specializes in high-yield and distressed debt transactions. He represents investment banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds and other financial institutions in connection with the purchase and sale of various U.S and international distressed assets (including domestic and foreign bank loans, high-yield bonds, bankruptcy claims, options and related credit derivatives). Mr. Haskel regularly provides advice to clients on bankruptcy and reorganization matters and has extensive experience in special situation investments and loan restructurings. In addition, Mr. Haskel regularly advises clients on issues arising from the receipt of confidential information by virtue of investment in bank loans, including issues arising under U.S. securities law and state law. In the last several years, Mr. Haskel and the firm’s debt trading group have advised clients in connection with thousands of transactions in bank loans, trade claims and credit derivatives relating to both distressed and par borrowers, including Enron, Adelphia, Mirant, Refco, Northwest Airlines, General Motors, Boston Generating and Delta Airlines. Recent significant engagements include:

• Represented a major investment bank in connection with the development of a comprehensive program for the provision of collateral by purchasers of participation interests in par and distressed revolving loans;
• Represented a large hedge fund in connection with the acquisition, in a series of transactions, of over $200 million in bank loans and other claims against a major Thailand corporation;
• Represented a Fortune 500 company in connection with the auction and sale of a $90 million Delphi Corporation claim.

Mr. Haskel, in addition to providing advice on specific transactions, is regularly engaged to provide training to clients in many of these areas.

Mr. Haskel is an active participant in The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and sits on numerous LSTA committees. He is a regular speaker for the LSTA on topics relating to secondary loan market transactions.