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Mr. Adam C. Rogoff

Mr. Adam C. Rogoff

Mr. Adam C. Rogoff

Bio

Adam C. Rogoff is a Bankruptcy & Restructuring partner with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) based in the New York office. He also heads the Company Turnaround and Board Advisory practice and the Health Care practice in the US. Mr. Rogoff provides senior corporate governance advice to boards and C-level executive management in all aspects of restructuring, whether in court or out of court, as well as significant creditor and other interests in complex restructuring matters. He represents a diverse range of corporate debtors, official and ad hoc creditors’ committees, secured creditors such as debtor-in-possession financing lenders, distressed-asset-purchasers, and other significant parties in complex transactional, litigation, corporate governance and advisory matters relating to restructuring, chapter 11 bankruptcy, “prepackaged” chapter 11 cases and out-of-court

workouts. Mr. Rogoff has successfully guided companies through nonbankruptcy restructurings and served as lead debtor’s counsel in cases throughout the U.S. in numerous industries, including consumer products (including Del Monte Foods), shipping (including Genco and General Maritime), retail (including Macy's, Best Products, Bradlees, and Casual Male) and healthcare (including SVCMC in New York). He has represented the official unsecured creditors’ committees in some of the most well known bankruptcies, including those of Toys “R” Us, NII Holdings Inc., Patriot Coal Corp., General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. His work also involves representing key parties in interest, including secured, undersecured and unsecured creditors, as well as debtor-in-possession lenders. Mr. Rogoff has been recognized as a leading practitioner in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring by Chambers USA, Legal 500 and Global Insolvency & Restructuring Review. He has contributed to publications in the area of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, and authored the chapter on distressed health care for the Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide. Mr. Rogoff received his B.A. with honors from Northwestern University in 1985 and his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1988, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.