Barbra Rachel Parlin

Barbra R. Parlin is an attorney in Holland & Knight LLP’s New York office and a member of its Litigation Section. Her practice focuses on advising parties involved in complex commercial insolvency and restructuring proceedings, related litigation and transactional matters, as well as structuring transactions in anticipation of insolvency events. Ms. Parlin represents U.S.-based and foreign companies, court-appointed liquidators, indenture trustees, secured and unsecured lenders, asset-buyers, landlords, licensors, parties to pre-petition contracts and leases, and litigants in adversary proceedings in connection with domestic and cross-border insolvency cases, out-of-court restructurings and wind-down proceedings. In addition, she advises clients on the business aspects of bankruptcy and workouts such as pre-bankruptcy planning, transaction review, claims, distressed-asset and claims sales, lending and investment strategies. Ms. Parlin’s experience crosses a broad array of industries, including corporate and structured finance, aviation, securities, manufacturing, transportation, construction, real estate, higher education, energy, technology, telecommunications, retail, health care, resort and hospitality, leasing, professional firms and maritime. She appears on behalf of clients in matters pending in bankruptcy courts around the country, as well as in other state and federal courts. Ms. Parlin also has broad experience in matters concerning corporate governance and fiduciary duties, director and officer liability, derivative actions, securities and common law fraud litigation and investigations, and other commercial litigation. She has advised boards of directors with respect to their fiduciary obligations and has managed a broad range of litigation matters, including bankruptcy and avoidance litigation, securities fraud, shareholder derivative litigation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) litigation, corporate governance actions, construction litigation, directors’ and officers’ insurance issues, and other general commercial litigation. In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Parlin has served as the Holland & Knight New York office recruiting partner, chair of the New York office diversity committee, and as partner-coordinator of the New York office Women’s Initiative. She currently is a member of the New York office’s operations committee, a member of the advisory board for ABI’s New York City Bankruptcy Conference and co-chair of the Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) Current Developments in Bankruptcy program. Ms. Parlin received her B.A. magna cum laude in religious studies from Yale University and her J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law.