Mr. Sandler is a member of the firm's Management Committee and Long-term Planning Committee and co-chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Committee Practice Group. He has substantial experience representing debtors, committees, acquirers, fiduciaries (including receivers and trustees), and other significant parties in interest in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, both in and out of court. Mr. Sandler’s recent committee representations include Ditech Holdings, Gymboree II, Payless I and II, Shopko, the Weinstein Company, Bon-Ton Department Stores, Woodbridge Group, BCBG Max Azria, Aeropostale and Sports Authority. Mr. Sandler was lead counsel in the LifeCare Hospital case that led to a substantial recovery to unsecured creditors after making new “class skipping” law in the Third Circuit. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2013. He is ranked among Bankruptcy/Restructuring attorneys by Chambers USA, which states that he “boasts deep expertise in the representation of creditors' committees in complex Chapter 11 proceedings, and that he “blend[s] traditional legal skills with commercial negotiating and business sense. Chambers USA also notes that Mr. Sandler has been described as “a creative, calm, effective lawyer who is also quick, smart and aggressive.” He regularly speaks on insolvency topics around the United States. He is a graduate of Drexel University (MBA) and Temple University School of Law (J.D.).
News
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among Leading Law Firms
April 23, 2020
•PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2019
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among Leading Law Firms
April 25, 2019
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones Receives 17th Annual M&A Advisor Award for Bon-Ton Restructuring
November 7, 2018
•PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2018
•Restructuring of the Year Award
Tenth Annual International M&A Awards
May 2018
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best Law Firms
May 7, 2018
•Brad Sandler a Guest on ABI Podcast Spotlighting the Retail Industry
October 11, 2017
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones Wins TMA Turnaround Transaction of the Year Award for Work on Aeropostale
October 2, 2017
•Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2017
•Recent Bankruptcy Court Rulings Significantly Impact Supply Chain Issues
PSZJ Bulletin, July 2017
•Brad Sandler Interviewed By Practical Law
May 5, 2017
•Current Insolvency Issues for Finance and Credit Professionals
September 15, 2016
•Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 2016
•Brad Sandler Speaks to The Deal on Supermarket Industry
The Deal, April 18, 2016
•Brad Sandler Guest Editor of Journal of Corporate Renewal
2016 Holds Opportunities for Resourceful Distressed Investors
February 2016
•Delaware Bankruptcy Court Indicates That Directors and Officers of an Insolvent Company May Be Liable for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty for Failing to Provide Timely WARN Act Notice
January 7, 2016
•Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 17, 2015
•Authoritative Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best
May 19, 2015
•Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 2014
•Three PSZJ Attorneys Named Delaware Super Lawyers
Philadelphia Magazine, June 2014
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
February 2014
•PSZJ Selected as Committee Counsel in LifeCare Holdings Chapter 11 Case
December 2012
•Watch Out Directors and Officers: Third Circuit Keeps Deepening Insolvency Action Alive
November 30, 2011
Publicaiton
•Navigating the Retail Apocalypse
262 New York Law Journal No. 59, September 23, 2019
•The Enforceability of a Make-Whole Provision in Bankruptcy: It Says What It Says
Journal of Corporate Renewal
May 9, 2017
•Getting Paid to Play: Incentivizing Distressed Investors to Participate in a Sale Process
30 Journal of Corporate Renewal 16 (Jan/Feb 2017)
•2017 Likely to Bring Change-And Opportunities
30 Journal of Corporate Renewal 3 (Jan/Feb 2017)
•Not for the Unwary: Claims Trading Strategies, Risks
Journal of Corporate Renewal, February 2015
•Third Circuit Holds Philadelphia Newspapers LLC’s Lenders Do Not Have a Right to Credit Bid
Absolute Priority Blog
March 23, 2010
•Alan Greenspan Acknowledges Government Failures and Proposes New Bankruptcy Scheme for Financial Institutions
Absolute Priority Blog
March 20, 2010
•Coauthor, Suggested Amendments to US Bankruptcy Code, Law360 (February 3, 2009)
•Coauthor, 'Decoupling' Issues in Bankruptcy, Business Bankruptcy Newsletter (ABA Business Law Section January 2009)
•Author, Corporate Guidance in M&A Transactions From Chancery Court, 8 Delaware Law Weekly No. 36 (Sept. 14, 2005)
•Coauthor, Statutory Employer Immunity Under Pennsylvania Law, Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly (Winter 1998)
•Coauthor, Statutory Employer Immunity in Tort Cases Involving Work-Related Injuries, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Pub. No. 148-1997 (1997)
•Coauthor, Recent Significant Case Decisions Involving Design Professionals, in program materials for 36th Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys (Schinnerer & Co. 1997)
•Regular law columnist for the monthly national magazine, The Construction Specifier
•Author, Alcan Revisited: Does the Denial of a De Minimis Defense Help Achieve a 'Polluter's Pay' Policy? 8 Temple Environmental Law & Technology Journal 141 (1994)
Programs and Lectures
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, National Association of Credit Managers, Credit Research Foundation, Temple University School of Law (adjunct professor of law), Hildebrandt Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, New York State Bar Association, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, Philadelphia Bar Association (among others)
Events
•Retail Bankruptcies: From the Outside Looking In
American Bar Association Business Law Section
March 28, 2019
•Hot Topics in Valuation & Creditworthiness Analyses
VALCON 2019: Cutting Edge Valuation Solutions
Las Vegas, February 28, 2019
•Best Practices on Communicating With Troubled Customers
National Consumer Products Credit Group
Phoenix, February 21, 2019
•I’m Tired of Being at the Back of the Line: How Trade Vendors Can Help Prevent a Customer’s Bankruptcy and Get Paid
National Association of Credit Management Central Region Credit Conference
St. Louis, September 13, 2017
•The Future of Retail: How Rapid Changes in the Retail Economy Are Affecting Creditor Strategies
National Association of Credit Management National Home Centers Credit Group
Kansas City MO, May 16, 2017
•The Future of Retail: How Rapid Changes in the Retail Economy Are Affecting Bankruptcy Practice
American College of Bankruptcy First Circuit Fellows and Boston College of Law School
Boston, March 31, 2017
•The Details of Retail: Can You Reorganize Middle-Market Retailers?
12th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop
Cambridge MD, August 5, 2016
•So You Don't Want to File for Chapter 11? Exploring the Pros and Cons of Common Alternatives to Chapter 11
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
Chicago, October 10, 2014
•Advanced Committee Issues
86th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
San Diego, October 26, 2012
•Starting Up a Foreign Business
Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Philadelphia, September 28, 2010
•Look Who's Showing Up to the Party: Examining the Pros and Cons of Bankruptcy Examiners
Philadelphia Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association
Wilmington DE, September 27, 2010
