Mr. Peter M. Friedman

Peter M. Friedman is a partner with O?Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, D.C., and a member of the firm?s Restructuring and Distressed Company Litigation Practices. He represents troubled borrowers and public entities and their stakeholders, including lenders, bondholders, investors, and officers and directors in bankruptcy courts, district courts and courts of appeals across the country. In the past two years, he has litigated on behalf of the Governors of California and Puerto Rico in separate high-profile restructuring matters. He also currently represents a variety of financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals in fraudulent transfer litigation. His recent litigation includes serving as lead litigation coun-\nsel to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority and Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló in Puerto Rico?s historic Title III restructuring proceedings, and representing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Finance in the PG&E bankruptcy. Mr. Friedman is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Previously, he represented the U.S. Treasury and the Presidential Task Force on the Automobile Industry as lender and acquirer in the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcies. He also advised LyondellBasell Industries as a debtor in every aspect of its bankruptcy restructuring of more than US$25 billion in debt, and represented US Bank, NA as indenture trustee for leveraged lease bonds in the Dynegy Holdings bankruptcy. Before joining O?Melveny, Mr.\nFriedman was a partner at a major New York law firm and clerked for Hon. Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He is an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Friedman was named one of five ?Rising Stars? under 40 by Bankruptcy Law360, recognized as one of 12 ?Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers? by Turnarounds & Work-outs magazine, named a leading bankruptcy lawyer by Chambers USA from 2010-19, noted as one of the Best Lawyers in Washington, D.C., by Washingtonian Magazine and SuperLawyers, and has been\nnamed in The Best Lawyers in America for litigation and bankruptcy from 2014-19. He received his B.A. from Trinity College in 1994 and his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1998.\n