Mr. Dennis F. Dunne

Dennis F. Dunne is a partner with Milbank LLP in New York and a member of the firm?s Global Executive Committee. He is also global chair of the firm?s Financial Restructuring Group, and he represents companies and creditors in reorganization cases and out-of-court workouts, acquirors of financially distressed companies, providers of financing, and boards of directors of public and private companies. Mr. Dunne plays a leadership role in these matters, frequently as counsel to companies or official and unofficial committees representing key creditor constituencies, such as bondholders, agents for lender syndicates, and large debt or equity-holders. He also regularly represents private-equity funds, hedge funds and other financial institutions acquiring control positions in financially distressed companies, both in and out of court. In addition, Mr. Dunne assists prospective providers of debtor-in-possession financing in structuring, structures and documents exchange and tender offers, and regularly advises boards of directors of public companies on corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters in the restructuring context. His engagements have ranged across a wide array of industries, including automotive, airline, apparel, cable and broadcasting, chemical, construction, gaming, health care, housing, infrastructure, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, retail, shipping, telecommunications and textiles. Mr. Dunne is a Fellow and served as the Second Circuit Regent in the American College of Bankruptcy, and he frequently speaks on restructuring and related topics at conferences around the country. He is also a Fellow in the International Insolvency Institute, and has been elected as conferee to the National Bankruptcy Conference (NBC), for which he currently serves on its executive committee. He also is a member of the Federal Bar Council. Mr. Dunne is a co-author of Collier on Bankruptcy and co-authored a chapter titled, ?Evaluating strategic debt buybacks: How to pursue effective de-leveraging strategies? in Navigating Today?s Environment: The Directors? and Officers? Guide to Restructuring. He is a frequent speaker at conferences sponsored by ABI and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Mr. Dunne has been listed in the K&A Register of the Leading Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Lawyers and Financial Advisors in the United States, as well as in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The World?s Leading Lawyers for Business, Lawdragon 500 and The Best Lawyers in America, and he was listed as one of Turnarounds & Workouts? ?Top Restructuring Lawyers? of 2008, 2011 and 2014. He received his B.A. from Williams College and his J.D. from New York University School of Law.