Barry M. Kazan

Barry M. Kazan is a partner at Mintz & Gold and Co-Heads the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice.  For more than 30 years, Barry has represented creditors, debtors, and strategic business partners in connection with some of the most notable bankruptcies arising under Chapter 11, Chapter 15, and Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. He regularly advises clients on corporate restructuring, including debt and business restructuring, creditors’ rights, and distressed asset transactions.

Barry’s current bankruptcy practice centers around creditors and defendants involving novel and complex recovery actions in bankruptcies stemming from the failure of cryptocurrency exchanges, the collapse of institutional firms caused by ponzi schemes, unsuccessful leveraged buyouts, mass tort liabilities, and economic pressures on the consumer retail market.  Barry has also used the single asset real estate provisions of the bankruptcy code to achieve expeditious resolution of disputes centered around real property.

In addition, Barry has wide-ranging experience representing debtors, asset purchasers in 363 sales, dip lenders, claims traders, debtholders, equity interests, and other stakeholders usually engaged in Chapter 11 proceedings (including management, professionals, advisors, and special counsel).

Barry is also an active member of the firms’ commercial litigation and appellate practice and is an experienced trial lawyer with regular appearances in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts, and before arbitration tribunals.

Barry’s litigation practice centers on class action defense, creditors’ rights, distribution and franchise law, real estate workouts, fraudulent conveyance actions, corporate governance, and ERISA. However, it would be difficult to find a substantive area of the law to which he has had not had significant exposure. Barry believes it is incumbent that lawyers know their clients’ businesses and has intimate knowledge of the following industries: consumer electronics, financial services, life sciences, chemical manufacturing and distribution, and commercial real estate.

While Barry spends significant time in the courtroom, he spends an equally significant time assisting lawyers and clients in the boardroom. Traditionally, he represents high-net-worth individuals, privately- and publicly-held companies, and funds. He is regularly consulted to advise on issues with the goal of avoiding bankruptcy and litigation – either by reviewing contracts at inception, assisting with restructuring, or by negotiating resolutions of disputes before they reach litigation. His partners and clients value his judgment, his practical advice, his creativity, and the efficient way in which he reaches a “win” for the client. In addition to his skills as an attorney, he has extensive knowledge of litigation project management including early case assessment, budgeting, planning, and reporting tools.