Mr. Brian Trust

Brian Trust is a partner with Mayer Brown LLP in New York and leads the firm?s Global Restructuring,Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice. He focuses on representing large institutional creditors, including agent banks, lending syndicates, insurance companies and other investors. Mr. Trust has experience in complex chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings and recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions of financially distressed companies, acquisition and divestiture of claims against and equity interests in distressed companies, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, and cross-border insolvencies. He has been listed in Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 USA and The Best Law-yers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and for over 10 years he has been listed in New York Super Lawyers as a top lawyer in the area of ?CreditorDebtors Rights: Business.? Mr. Trust is a frequent lecturer and author on novel and complex bankruptcy and reorganization topics and is frequently interviewed by the media. He has advised clients across nearly every industry and sector, including aviation, automotive, energy, renewable energy, entertainment, hospitality, financial, health care, media, real estate, retail, steel and telecom. On behalf of DIP and/or exit financiers, his representations include In re Tribune Company, In re Lyondell Chemical Co.,In re AbitibiBowater Inc., In re Overseas Shipping Group Inc., In re Arch Coal Inc. and In re PeabodyEnergy Corp. Mr. Trust received his B.A. from Brooklyn College and his J.D. cum laude from New YorkUniversity School of Law.