Richard W. Engel, Jr.

Richard W. Engel, Jr. is a partner in Armstrong Teasdale LLP's Financial and Real Estate Services practice group in St. Louis, where he handles banking, bankruptcy, reorganization, restructuring and         real estate matters. In his practice, he has represented the interests of local, regional, national and in- ternational corporations and financial institutions in all aspects of corporate and financial counseling. Mr. Engel represents the interests of corporate borrowers, debtors, trade creditors and financial institu- tions in all aspects of debtor/creditor relations. His representations include negotiating and documenting capital and debt structures, loan workouts, and asset acquisitions and divestitures. In addition, he has represented both corporate debtors and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including lead counsel representation of debtors in possession, lenders and creditors' committees. Mr. Engel has rep- resented significant creditors and indenture trustees in some of the largest bankruptcies in the country, including Enron, K-Mart, Trans World Airlines, Jones Truck Lines, National Steel, Bridge Information Systems, Wehrenberg Theaters, Delta Airlines and Solutia Inc. He also represents the interests of several corporations on virtually all aspects of their corporate existence, in many cases serving as outside gen- eral counsel or counsel to the general counsel, including to law firms and partners within law firms. Mr. Engel is admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois. He received his B.S.B.A. in 1983 from Saint Louis University and his J.D. in 1987 from the University of Missouri School of Law.