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Beth M. Brownstein

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Beth M. Brownstein

Beth M. Brownstein is a partner in Arent Fox LLP’s Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy group in the firm’s New York office. She represents committees of unsecured creditors and retired employees, secured creditors, indenture trustees, bondholder and note holder groups, DIP lenders and other entitiesin chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court restructurings, including in indenture trustee enforcement litigation. Over the last several years, Ms. Brownstein has played a lead role in some of the most significant corporate reorganizations in the U.S., including the chapter 11 cases of Caesars EntertainmentOperating Co. Inc., Claires Stores Inc., Cenveo Inc., Vantage Drilling Co., Cengage Learning Inc. andEastman Kodak Company. She also represented indenture trustees in enforcement litigation involving Algeco Scottsman Global Financial PLC, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc. and BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. Immediately prior to joining Arent Fox, Ms. Brownstein clerked for Hon. Allan L. Gropper andHon. Prudence Carter Beatty, both U.S. Bankruptcy Judges for the Southern District of New York. She received her B.B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan, her M.B.A. cum laude from the University of Miami and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law.