Mr. Brian M. Resnick

Brian M. Resnick is a partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP?s Restructuring Group in New York and leads the firm?s interdisciplinary Liability Management & Special Opportunities practice. He has experience in a broad range of corporate restructurings and bankruptcies, representing debtors, creditors, banks, hedge funds, asset-acquirers and other strategic parties in connection with bankruptcy cases, outof-court workouts, DIP and exit financings, bankruptcy litigation and § 363 sales. His recent significant representations include Dean Foods, Arch Coal, Patriot Coal and Bonanza Creek Energy in their chapter 11 cases, ad hoc groups of bondholders in various energy restructurings including Blackhawk Mining, Jones Energy, Legacy Reserves, Midstates Petroleum and Memorial Production Partners, ad hoc groups of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico bondholders and Commonwealth Bondholders in connection with the Commonwealth?s debt restructuring, and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in the Lehman bankruptcy cases. Mr. Resnick is regularly ranked as a leading restructuring lawyer by Chambers USA, IFLR, The Deal and Turnarounds & Workouts, and in 2020 he was named an American Lawyer ?Dealmaker of the Year? and one of Law360?s six Bankruptcy MVPs nationwide. He is a thought leader who regularly lectures and writes on bankruptcy topics and co-authored ABI?s Credit Bidding in Bankruptcy Sales. He is also a contributing author of Collier on Bankruptcy. Mr. Resnick is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and on the boards of Her Justice, WhyHunger and the Columbia Business Law Review. He was profiled in The Wall Street Journal?s ?Bankruptcy Beat,? which chronicled his transition from Juilliard-trained professional musician to partner in one of the world?s top insolvency and restructuring practices, and Bloomberg Law?s ?Davis Polk Lawyer Goes from Pit Musician to Tony Winner,? regarding his 2019 Tony Award as co-producer of Hadestown on Broadway. Mr. Resnick received his B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a member of the Columbia Business Law Review.