Paul M. Basta
Paul M. Basta is a partner with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, where he co-chairs its Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He represents debtors, creditors and investors in a broad range of restructuring matters, including chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvency matters, out-of-court<br>restructurings and bankruptcy-related acquisitions. Mr. Basta has represented a diverse range of clients spanning numerous industries in some of the most complex and contentious bankruptcy proceedings in recent years. Some of his significant debtor representations have included advising Sears, Cumulus Media, Barneys, A&P Supermarkets, MoneyGram, LINN Energy, Samson Re-<br>sources, Sun Healthcare Group, Charter Communications, Global Crossing, Marvel Entertainment, Reader’s Digest, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Kerzner International, MS Resorts, TOUSA and Tecumseh Products, among others. He also has experience representing creditors in major bankruptcies and restructuring matters, including funds such as GSO, GoldenTree, Center- bridge, Bain Capital and H Partners. He has also represented numerous private-equity funds in<br>connection with their distressed-portfolio companies. Mr. Basta has been recognized for the past decade as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, earning praise for being an attorney who “is among the ‘upper echelons of lawyers,” and is regarded as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America and IFLR1000. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a<br>member of the board of directors for Her Justice. He currently teaches a course on corporate restructuring at George Washington University Law School. Mr. Basta received his B.A. in 1988 from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from George Washington School of Law in 1992, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.