Robert J. Feinstein is the managing partner of the New York office of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, the nation’s leading corporate restructuring boutique. He represents debtors, creditors' committees, equity committees, acquirers, and examiners in business reorganizations and related litigation. He also has experience representing debtors, committees, foreign representatives, and other case constituencies in cross-border chapter 11 cases and chapter 15 cases.
Recent engagements include lead counsel to the official creditors’ committees in the chapter 11 cases of the The Weinstein Company, Open Road Films, Cobalt International Energy, Bon-Ton Stores, A&P, Sports Authority, Aeropostale, AMF Bowling Worldwide, Reddy Ice Corporation, Coach Transportation and Circuit City Stores; and conflicts counsel to the creditors’ committees appointed in the ResCap and Chrysler LLC cases. On the debtor side, he represented Digital Domain Media Group, boxer Mike Tyson, and General Media (publisher of Penthouse magazine) in their chapter 11 cases. His crossborder representations include the Canadian receiver for Blockbuster Canada in its chapter 15 case the Canadian monitor in the Essar Steel case.
Mr. Feinstein is an adjunct professor in the LL.M. Bankruptcy Program at St. John's University School of Law, associate editor of the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, contributing editor of Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2d, has authored numerous articles, and frequently lectures on bankruptcy topics. He is a graduate of Lafayette College and received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from Boston University School of Law. He holds an “AV Preeminent Peer Rating,” Martindale-Hubbell's highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, and is ranked among Bankruptcy/Restructuring attorneys by Chambers USA. He was also listed in the 2018 and 2019 editions of Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
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
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones Receives TMA Pro Bono Transaction of the Year Award
September 5, 2018
•PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2018
•Chapter 11 Case Solutions Tightened As Jevic Anniversary Passes
Law360, June 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
•Big Apple Circus Confirms Chapter 11 Plan
December 14, 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
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best Law Firms
June 8, 2017
•Rob Feinstein Quoted on Supreme Court Chapter 11 Ruling in Law360
Law360, March 29, 2017
•Rob Feinstein Appears on ABI's Quick Takes
April 17, 2016
•Authoritative Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best
May 19, 2015
•Rob Feinstein Named a Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) Insolvency Section’s Reorganization & Workouts Subcommittee
November 2014
•Rob Feinstein Named Among Top 100 Restructuring & Turnaround Professionals
Global M&A Network
July 2014
•Rob Feinstein Invited to Join International Insolvency Institute
May 2014
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
February 2014
•Rob Feinstein Appears on Cox Affiliate WFTV; Quoted in Various Publications Regarding Louis J. Pearlman Bankruptcy Case
July 2013
•Q&A With Pachulski Stang's Robert Feinstein
Bankruptcy Law 360, May 1, 2013
•Auction for Digital Domain Assets Produces $30M - Double Opening Bid
September 24, 2012
•Reddy Ice Creditors' Committee Selects Pachulski Stang as Its Counsel
April 2012
•New York Super Lawyer
New York Times Magazine, October 2011
•Pachulski Stang Honored for Work on Flying J and The Walking Company Chapter 11 Cases
M&A Advisor Fifth Annual Turnaround Awards
The M&A Advisor, March 9, 2011
•Flying J Confirmed Plan Pays Creditors in Full
August 2010
•Plan Approved in Freedom Communications Greatly Enhances Creditor Recovery
March 9, 2010
•Pachulski Stang Hired to Represent Creditors in Circuit City Chapter 11 Case
November 18, 2008
Publicaiton
Second Circuit Review, Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor (1992-2018); Charitable Hospitals in Chapter 11, 1999 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 25 (1999/2000); co-author with I. Scharf, Update on the Role of Examiners in Chapter 11 Cases, 2004 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 421 (2004); co-author, LBO Litigation, Financial Projections and the Chapter 11 Plan Process, 21 Seton Hall Law Review 559 (1999)
Programs and Lectures
American Bankruptcy Institute, International Bar Association, Norton Bankruptcy Institute, St. John's University School of Law, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Turnaround Management Association,
Events
•High-Profile Insolvencies: Crossborder Cases in the Retail Industry
Osgood Hall Law School Annual Update in Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring
Toronto, October 4, 2019
•Post-Jevic
20th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute New York City Bankruptcy Conference
New York, May 24, 2018
•Dead Malls Walking
American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference
La Quinta CA, December 1, 2017
•Jevic Fallout 2017: Implications on Structured Dismissals Past, Present, & Future
Beard Group
Webinar, June 27, 2017
•Contesting Confirmation
Bankruptcy Battle Royale
Webinar, May 30, 2017
•Litigation Financing
IBA Global Insolvency & Restructuring Conference
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 7, 2017
•Retail’s Reset Moment
2017 TMA Southeast Regional Conference
Charleston, SC, May 31-June 2, 2017
•Shark Tank
ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West
Los Angeles, March 21, 2017
•Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About . . . The Nuts and Bolts of DIP Financing
90th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
San Francisco, October 26, 2016
•Practicing in the Limelight: Challenges Faced in Cases Involving High-Profile Debtors
11th Annual ABI Northeast Consumer Forum
Bretton Woods NH, July 15, 2016
•Rags to riches . . . to rags? Financial Distress in the Retail Industry
22nd Annual IBA Global Insolvency and Restructuring Conference
Milan, Italy, May 23, 2016
•Understanding D&O and E&O Policy Issues in Bankruptcy
American Bankruptcy Institute 34th Annual Spring Meeting
Washington DC, April 15, 2016
•Bankruptcy Considerations in Retail: Analyzing Distress in Apparel, Consumer Electronics, and Other Retail
ABA Business Law Section and Section of Litigation Webinar
Webinar, June 10, 2015
•2014 - A Year in Review From the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys
AIRA 13th Annual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference
New York, November 17, 2014
•Re-Structure, Re-Lease, Re-Invent? Challenges & Opportunities of Retail’s Changing Landscape
American Bar Association
Webinar, August 12, 2014
•The Ever-Changing Role of Committees
American Bankruptcy Institute 32nd Annual Spring Meeting
Washington DC, April 25, 2014
•Video Killed the Radio Star
ABI International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium
Berlin, Germany, October 25, 2013
•Advising Distressed Businesses & Business Bankruptcy Cases
New York State Bar Association
New York City, December 13, 2012
•The Great Debates: “Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt?”
ABI Winter Leadership Conference
Tucson AZ, November 30, 2012
•Chapter 11 Forum
Western Mountains Norton Bankruptcy Law Seminar
Jackson WY, June 26, 2012
•Handling the Administratively Insolvent Estate: What to Do When Your Chapter 11 Goes South
West LegalEd Center and American Bankruptcy Institute
Webinar, June 6, 2012
•My Estate Is Administratively Insolvent: What Do I Do? What to Do When Your Case Turns Out Differently From How You Planned
23rd Annual ABI Winter Leadership Conference
La Quinta CA, December 2, 2011
•Postconfirmation Liquidating Trust Issues: Standing, in Pari Delicto, and Challenges for Liquidating Trusts in Sell and Sue Cases.
85th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
Orlando, October 14, 2011
•Cross-Border Insolvency - Acting for an Unsecured Creditors’ Committee
Seventh Annual Pan-Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Law Conference
Toronto ON, September 23, 2011
•Faster Than a Speeding Bullet - The Fast Track Bankruptcy Process
Turnaround Management Association Educational Workshop
New York, March 23, 2010
•Fixing Broken Not-for-Profit Entities
ABI 21st Annual Winter Leadership Conference
La Quinta CA, December 4, 2009
•Legal Issues Arising in a “Down” Art Market
Current Art Law Issues for Attorneys, Appraisers, and Collectors
New York University, New York City, November 9, 2009
•Litigation in Chapter 11 Cases
Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law: Bankruptcy Litigation Seminar II
Las Vegas, March 28, 2009
