Brendan G. Best

Brendan G. Best is a partner at Varnum LLP in Birmingham, Mich., and serves on the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights team. His practice focuses on representing senior secured lenders, debtors, other creditors and other stakeholders in complex chapter 11 restructurings, out-of-court workouts and insolvency-related transactions and litigation. Mr. Best has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in insolvency-related matters across a wide array of industries including manufacturing, automotive, building supply and service, energy, oil and gas, health care, food service, gaming, hospitality, construction and real estate. He serves as outside commercial counsel for clients, advising them on commercial issues with customers, suppliers and other parties. He also counsels buyers, sellers, lenders and other stakeholders in complex troubled company transactions, both out of court and in § 363 bankruptcy sales. Mr. Best is a senior chapter 11 bankruptcy practitioner and litigator who has successfully represented clients in bench trials over issues including adequate protection, plan confirmation, valuation and other matters, as well as nondischargeability actions, avoidance actions and other debtor/creditor matters in state and federal courts, including automotive tooling and construction lien litigation. He is a frequent writer and speaker on restructuring, workouts and bankruptcy topics. Mr. Best is routinely honored as a top practitioner by publications including DBusiness magazine, The Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers. He is a board member and immediate past president of the Turnaround Management Association’s Detroit chapter and an ABI member. Mr. Best received his B.A. cum laude in 1997 from The George Washington University and his J.D. cum laude in 2003 from Wayne State University Law School, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif and was a member of the Wayne Law Review.