Allan S. Brilliant

Allan S. Brilliant, chair of the firm’s financial restructuring practice, represents bank groups, unsecured creditors’ and bondholder committees, acquirers, and debtors in large-scale restructurings and reorganizations and in non-judicial workouts throughout the United States. Mr. Brilliant also has significant experience advising bondholders on cross-border restructurings and reorganizations around the world, with an especially strong track record in Latin America.

He also has significant experience in bankruptcy litigation, particularly in fraudulent transfer and preference litigation, contested confirmation hearings, and bankruptcy appeals.

Mr. Brilliant has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for bankruptcy/restructuring by Chambers USA, a legal referral guide based on the opinions of peers and clients. In the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, he was noted as having an "encyclopedic knowledge of bankruptcy law" and was described as "a brilliant strategic thinker." He was also named a “Bankruptcy: MVP” by Law360 in 2012 and is listed in The Legal 500 (US) and The Best Lawyers in America as a leading restructuring attorney. In addition, Mr. Brilliant is recognized as Highly Regarded for restructuring and insolvency in the 2018 edition of the IFLR1000.

Mr. Brilliant is a frequent author and lecturer on topics related to bankruptcy. He is the coordinating editor of a four-volume treatise on insolvency law, Fletcher Corporate Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Dissolution (Clark Boardman Callahan 1992).