Mr. Paul N. Silverstein

Paul N. Silverstein is a partner with Andrews Kurth LLP in New York and a member of the firm's Ex- ecutive Committee, a member of the Policy Committee and co-chair of its Bankruptcy/Restructuring practice. He focuses on the representation of official and ad hoc creditors and stockholders' committees, significant strategic and financial investors, and debtors/issuers in complex chapter 11 reorganizations and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Silverstein is experienced in the representation of purchasers and sellers of assets, claims and equity interests in distressed and special situations in connection with both strategic and financial investments. He has been listed as one of the leading Corporate Restructuring (2012-15) lawyers in the U.S. and in The US Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law from 2011-16, as one of the "Top 100 New York Lawyers" in Super Lawyers from 2014-15 and as a "New York Super Lawyer" in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights in Metro Magazine from 2007-15, and he is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Silverstein received his B.F.A. in 1977 from the City University of New York and his J.D. in 1981 from Brooklyn Law School, after which he clerked for Hon. Jeremiah E. Berk of the Southern District of New York from 1982-83.