Arnold Gulkowitz
Partner
Tel: 212-208-0005
Email: agulkowitz@gulkowitzberger.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Throughout a career spanning more than 30 years, Arnold has represented a variety of clients in all industries in business related matters, including business transactions and corporate restructuring, both in and out of bankruptcy.  

Arnold has substantial corporate experience, including mergers and acquisitions, structured finance (credit card receivables, mortgage-backed securities, real estate lease receivables), project finance, and securities. He also has represented clients in the acquisition of several Chinese manufacturing companies.

Arnold has also represented debtors, creditors, official and unofficial creditor committees and liquidating trusts in the restructuring and bankruptcy process.   He has substantial experience in restructuring overseas debtors and bond debt.

 

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Prior to founding Gulkowitz Berger LLP, Arnold was a partner at Dickstein Shapiro LLP for more than 8 years, and at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP for more than 14 years.  Previously, he was an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.

 

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

· Petra Fund REIT Corp. (and a related affiliate) in a highly litigious bankruptcy proceeding in the Southern District of New York to a successful Chapter 11 confirmation.

· The official creditors’ Committee in Reliance Group Holdings, Inc., one of the largest bankruptcy cases of the last decade, in the insurance company’s restructuring.  Arnold’s successful representation increased bond values more than 2500 percent.  After confirmation, the Official Committee appointed him as counsel to the RGH Liquidating Trust, which he continues to represent.

· Mayora, the largest agricultural company in Indonesia, successfully restructuring their entire debt.

· The bondholders of Ometraco in Indonesian liquidation, for whom  Arnold successfully received substantial liquidation proceeds after the bondholders were originally denied any recovery.

· Committees and creditors in Tudor Oaks, Cybercash, Lehman, Comdisco, Geneva Steel, Amerco, Golden Ocean, JTS, Koger Properties, Hadson, and others in numerous major bankruptcies.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Arnold is a member of the New York State Bar Association and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Publications

· Bankruptcy (Appendix to Corporate Legal Departments: Practicing Law in a Corporation), Practising Law Institute, May 2014

· Ruling Strengthens Powers of Bankruptcy Liquidating Trusts, Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review, September 28, 2011

· Key Developments Regarding Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers of Distressed Companies, Bloomberg Law Reports: Bankruptcy Law, March 23, 2009

· Looking for Light at the End of the Tunnel - Navigating the Subprime Mortgage Derivatives Market in Bankruptcy, Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, December 2007

Speaking Engagements

· Effective Loss Mitigation - Workouts that Work (and Those that Don’t), June 17, 2008

· Handling Intellectual Property Issues in Business Transactions 2008, April 10-11, 2008

EDUCATION

· Loyola College, B.A., 1974, summa cum laude

· Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 1981, magna cum laude

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

· New York

· U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

· U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NewYork

 

· U.S. Tax Court

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

· New York Super Lawyers, September 2015

· New York Super Lawyers, September 2014

· Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011

· Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010

· Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2009

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