Michael M. Eidelman

Michael M. Eidelman is a shareholder with Vedder Price in Chicago and chairs the firm’s CorporateReorganization, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Group. He also is a member of the firm’s board of directors. Mr. Eidelman concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and insolvency matters and has acted as lead counsel for debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, chapter 7 and 11 trustees, landlords, asset-purchasers, and creditors’ and bondholders’ committees. In addition, he represents companies, creditors, court-appointed receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors in out-of-court restructurings and liquidations. He also represents officers and directors of financially distressed companies. Mr. Eidelman has litigation experience in all aspects of creditors’ rights, in both U.S. state and federal jurisdictions and in cross-border transactions in Canada and Mexico. He was appointed by the U.S. District Court for theNorthern District of Illinois as receiver in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. PeregrineFinancial Group, Inc. and Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr. (Case No. 1:12-cv-05383), and as the “Information Agent” by the U.S. Government in United States of America v. All Business Assets of the ViceroyL’Ermitage Beverly Hills, et al., pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California(Case No. CV 16-5369-DSF-PLA). Mr. Eidelman is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations. He served as a member and co-chair of the Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee, which was established to address issues concerning bankruptcy judges and lawyers in the Northern District of Illinois. He is also a frequent speaker and author on numerous bankruptcy-related issues. Mr. Eidelman was selected for inclusion from 2005-21 in IllinoisSuper Lawyers, and since 2010, he has been ranked in Chambers USA in the Illinois Bankruptcy/Re-structuring category. Mr. Eidelman is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and was selected as aLeading Lawyer in Bankruptcy & Workout: Commercial Law. In addition he has been listed in The BestLawyers in America in the field of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law since 2013. Mr. Eidelman received his B.G.S. in 1984 from the University of Michigan and hisJ.D. in 1987 from DePaul University College of Law.