Robert G. Burns

Robert G. Burns is a partner with Bracewell LLP in New York, where he concentrates his practice on  U.S. and international corporate restructurings and insolvency matters. He has advised distressed-debt investors in acquisitions, restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings and the purchase of distressed assets and securities; counseled boards of directors and senior managers of financially troubled companies regarding fiduciary duties and restructuring strategies; and represented debtors in complex "mega-com- pany" bankruptcies. He also has broad restructuring experience over several industries, with a particular focus on energy, shipping and transportation. Mr. Burns served as lead bankruptcy counsel in two of the largest energy industry bankruptcies (NRG Energy and Calpine). In this capacity, he worked directly with company leadership on all aspects of these complex restructurings, including DIP financing, do- mestic and international asset divestitures, individual project finance reorganizations, and numerous complex issues involving conflicts between the Bankruptcy Code and state and federal energy regula- tions. Mr. Burns is admitted to the New York Bar, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He received his A.B. in 1991 from St. Edward's University, his. M.B.A. in 2003 from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and his J.D. in 1995 from the University of Louisville School of Law.