Mr. Brian I. Swett

Brian I. Swett is a partner with McGuireWoods LLP in New York and concentrates his practice on restructuring and insolvency, including representing a broad range of parties in complex restructuring, bankruptcy and workout matters. He represents senior secured lenders and other creditors, companies (including debtors in possession), shareholders, investors, sellers and purchasers in restructurings, both in and out of court. These representations have involved federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings and appeals across the country. Mr. Swett?s experience includes a range of debtor-in-possession bankruptcy financing and cash-collateral matters in a wide range of industries. He has structured facilities that provide liquidity and accommodate a broad array of pre-bankruptcy capital structures. Mr. Swett recently was involved on behalf of credit-enhancers, construction agents, lenders and debtor-inpossession financing agents and lenders in a wide range of matters in the hospital, senior living, continuing care retirement community and long-term-care industries. In particular, his representations include a number of international, diversified financial institution in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court workout and restructuring matters involving loans to (or letters of credit enhancing bonds issues with respect to) hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, assisted-living facilities and nursing homes in Illinois, New York, California, Florida, Maryland, Louisiana, Texas, Wisconsin, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arizona, Kansas and Utah. He has also represented parties in interest in transactions under the remedial provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, including private sales, public sales and acceptances of collateral in exchange for the full or partial satisfaction of debt. In addition, he has overseen the acquisition of distressed assets. Mr. Swett received his B.A. Phi Beta Kappa in 1992 in international relations from Johns Hopkins University, his M.A. in international relations in 1993 from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and his J.D. in 1996 from New York University School of Law.