Brett S. Theisen, Esq.
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Brett S. Theisen</strong> is vice chair of Gibbons P.C.’s Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Group in New York. He has experience in all aspects of debtor/creditor relations, with a particular focus on complex corporate reorganizations and liquidations, and bankruptcy and insolvency-related litigation and appeals, including trial experience. Mr. Theisen’s clients include debtors-in-possession, trustees and other fiduciaries, official committees of unsecured creditors, secured creditors and lenders, indenture trustees, insurers, asset-purchasers, landlords and trade creditors. His litigation experience covers a broad range of matters in federal and state courts, including Ponzi scheme litigation, complex fraudulent transfer and preference actions, alter-ego/veil-piercing litigation, shareholder disputes such as fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims, and general commercial and contract disputes. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Theisen was an analyst in the equities-trading division at a leading international investment bank. He also worked for a Manhattan-based national sports agency, where he assisted in recruiting new clients, conducting due diligence in connection with contract negotiations, and securing endorsement and marketing opportunities for existing clients. Mr. Theisen is listed in <em>Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers</em> for Business and Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and selected to the both the <em>New Jersey Super Lawyers</em> and the <em>New York Super Lawyers</em> Rising Stars lists for Creditor/Debtor Rights, and he is a 2021 ABI “40 Under 40” honoree. He also received the Turnaround Awards “Restructuring of the Year” by The M&A Advisor in 2020. Mr. Theisen received his A.B. from Dartmouth College and his J.D. <em>magna cum laude</em> from Seton Hall University School of Law.</p>