The attorneys of Togut, Segal & Segal have served as lead counsel, co-counsel, conflicts counsel and in other capacities for debtors in many of the most famous Chapter 11 cases ever filed under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including:
- Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, (lead counsel to the debtor in the largest law firm bankruptcy ever under Chapter 11. In record time, with the Togut Firm's leadership, the debtor reached a settlement with former partners in a precedent-making partner contribution plan that allowed for confirmation of a chapter 11 plan in less then 9 months. The plan confirmation was fully consensual and the case was done more quickly than any that preceded it.)
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Nortel Networks Inc. (counsel to the Official Committee of Retired Employees; obtained a nearly $100 million settlement for retirees).
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Grubb & Ellis Company (lead counsel to the Debtors, an international real estate brokerage and property management company, with more than 100 offices and revenue exceeding $500 million which was sold as a going concern in a transaction approved by the Bankruptcy Court in less than 45 days following the commencement of the Chapter 11 case).
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P), (conflicts counsel to the debtor, one of the nation's leading food and drug retailers operating more than 300 supermarkets with a combined $2.5 billion in assets)
- General Motors (conflicts counsel to the debtor, the largest domestic automaker and the largest industrial enterprise ever to file for bankruptcy, with an estimated $91 billion in assets)
- Chrysler Group, LLC (conflicts counsel to the debtor, the first of the "big three" domestic automakers to file for bankruptcy, with liabilities exceeding $55 billion)
- Enron Corporation (co-counsel to the debtor with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in what was then the second-largest Chapter 11 case ever filed)
- Rockefeller Center Properties (sole counsel to the debtor in the restructuring of mortgage and other indebtedness involving 12 historic landmarked buildings in the heart of Manhattan)
- Delphi Corporation, et al., (conflicts counsel to the debtor, the largest automotive parts supplier in the United States)
- AbitibiBowater Group Inc. (counsel to debtor Bowater Canada Finance Corporation and responsible for investigating claims, including a claim for more than $600 million against the debtor's corporate parent arising under the Nova Scotia Companies Act)
- Tronox Inc. (conflicts counsel to the debtor, one of the world's largest producers and marketers of titanium dioxide pigment with assets and liabilities exceeding $1 billion)
- Ambac Financial Group Inc. (conflicts counsel to the debtor, a financial guarantee insurance company whose business includes the issuance of insurance policies to support public finance, structured finance, and international finance transactions)
- ContiMortgage Corporation (lead counsel to the debtor, a billion-dollar consumer finance business that both originated and serviced sub-prime home equity loans)
- Refco LLC (counsel to the Chapter 7 Trustee for a registered futures commissions merchant in the largest Chapter 7 case ever filed, involving more than $4 billion in assets)
- Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation (co-counsel to debtor, one of the nation's largest motion picture theatre exhibition companies with assets and liabilities exceeding $1 billion)
- Loehmann's Holdings Inc. (sole counsel to the debtor women's fashion apparel chain which operated 48 retail stores in major metropolitan areas)
- Daewoo International (America) Corp. (sole counsel to the debtor, the U.S.-based trading arm of the Daewoo group of companies, which successfully underwent what was then the largest non-sovereign debt restructuring in history with aggregate liabilities exceeding $70 billion)
- Frontier Airlines (conflicts counsel to the debtor, a regional airline, involving over $100 million in liabilities)
- Saint Vincent's Hospitals (conflicts counsel to the debtor hospitals in a Chapter 11 restructuring involving over $1 billion in liabilities)
- Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center (a Bronx hospital which was successfully sold as a going concern in Chapter 11 despite having over $100 million in liabilities)
- Cabrini Medical Center (lead counsel to the debtor, a hospital in Gramercy Park, Manhattan with over $100 million in assets and liabilities)
- Ames Department Stores, Inc. (co-counsel to the debtor, the largest regional discount retailer in the United States, which had revenue exceeding $1 billion before it ceased operations)
- SK Global America, Inc. (sole counsel to the debtor, the U.S.-based trading arm of what was then the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea and one of the largest business enterprises in the world)
- Clift Holdings LLC (lead counsel to the debtor in the successful restructuring of $75 million of debt for Ian Shrager's premier San Francisco hotel)
- Orion Telecommunications (sole counsel to one of the largest telephone card manufacturers in the country with sales exceeding $100 million)
- Guilford Mills, Inc. (sole counsel to the debtor, a leading worldwide producer and seller of textiles, which successfully restructured over $300 million in secured debt and paid all of its unsecured creditors in full under its confirmed Chapter 11 plan)
- joan and david helpern inc. (sole counsel to debtor/operator of the joan & david luxury footwear and accessory retail chain, which had more than 55 stores located worldwide)
- Fortunoff Fine Jewelry & Silverware, LLC (lead counsel to the debtor in the successful sale as a going concern of Fortunoff, a nationally known retailer)
