Mr. Daniel A. Lowenthal

Daniel A. Lowenthal is a partner and chair of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP?s Business Reorganization and Creditors? Right Practice in New York and advocates for clients in bankruptcy, creditors? rights and corporate restructuring matters. He represents creditors? committees, trade creditors, indenture trustees, and bankruptcy trustees and examiners in domestic and international cases. Mr. Lowenthal also represents U.S. and non-U.S. business entities in a wide range of complex litigation issues, including creditors? rights disputes, purchases of intellectual property assets, and distressed-debt acquisitions and restructuring. He has represented clients in trial and appellate courts as well as in commercial arbitrations. Recently, he successfully defended former executives of a failed European bank against allegations that they had defrauded investors. Among his recent high-profile matters, Mr. Lowenthal represented Law Debenture Trust Co. of New York in the Energy Future Holdings Corp. cases and Delaware Trust Co. in the Nortel Networks cases. He also represented Citibank, N.A. in international cross-border insolvency cases. Mr. Lowenthal is a frequent writer and speaker and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Duke University and his J.D. fromGeorge Washington University with honors.