Oscar N. Pinkas

Oscar N. Pinkas is chair of Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s New York Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice and a member of its Corporate and Finance Practices. He focuses on transactions (front-end and back-end), as well as turnarounds, including in-court practice and estate representations. His clients include investors, purchasers, lenders/noteholders, creditors’ committees, companies, indenture trustees and collateral agents. Mr. Pinkas advises clients in situations in or out of court involving strategic, operational or financial issues, with an emphasis on assisting investors, sponsors, lenders/noteholders and funds to deploy, manage, exit and recover on their investments, including in M&A, equity or debt (primary or secondary) transactions, growth, realignment, optimization and turnaround of companies, capital recoveries (including workout, taking ownership and foreclosure), and any attendant disputes or litigation. His work is domestic and cross-border in nature, having advised on transactions and situations on six continents involving up to 12 countries in any given instance, and more than 25 different countries in total. Mr. Pinkas has been named in The Best Lawyers in America as a Top Restructuring & Turnaround Professional, and an Emerging Leader in M&A, Financing and Turnaround. Restructurings or transactions he has been heavily involved in include abc carpet & home, Accuride, A. Stucki & Co., ATP-UK, bebe stores, Brazos Electric, Deluxe Entertainment, Dura Automotive Systems, Erickson, Fenix Parts, Fontainebleau, Gasfrac Energy, Global A&T Electronics, Lehman Brothers, Magnetation, Mesabi Metallics, Movie Gallery, NewComm Wireless, Ranger Offshore, Refco, Revlon, Sanjel, Sea Containers, Sheridan Production Partners, Tropicana Entertainment, VIVUS, Walter Energy, Westpoint Home and Young Broadcasting. Mr. Pinkas received his B.A. in economics from Rollins College in 2001, his M.B.A. with honors from Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in 2002, and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2006, where he was a publishing member of the Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law.