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Norman Kinel is a partner in the Squire Patton Boggs Restructuring & Insolvency Practice group based in New York City and National Chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Committee Practice.  With more than three decades of experience as a restructuring practitioner, Norman has successfully represented and litigated on behalf of clients in some of the nation’s largest and most intricate bankruptcy cases, involving numerous industries.  Norman’s clients value his responsiveness to their needs and his tenacity in pursuing dynamic strategies to protect and maximize their interests.

Norman regularly represents debtors, creditors, bondholders, trustees and committees of creditors, equity holders and retirees.  He also advises clients in bankruptcy asset sales and mergers and acquisitions, cross-border insolvency proceedings and out-of-court work-outs and restructurings.

Norman is listed on the Register of Mediators for the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Delaware, and was a court-approved mediator in the Lehman Brothers cases.

Representative Chapter 11 Engagements:

Committees: BJ Services, CFRA Holdings, LBI Media, Optima Specialty Steel, Midstates Petroleum, Constellation Enterprises, Santa Fe Gold Corporation, Adelphia Communications, Coldwater Creek, 360networks (USA), Tavern on the Green, Coastal Electric Construction, KidsPeace Corporation, DTI Holdings, This End Up Furniture, Lone Star Industries, Inc. and the Singer Corporation.

Debtors: Hartshorne Mining Group, Daytop Village, The 1031 Tax Group, Robotic Vision Systems, Federal Mogul, Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Mulberry Phosphates and Andover Togs.

Honors and Achievements:

• Super Lawyers – recognized numerous times as one of the top bankruptcy attorneys in New York City.
• Global M&A Network’s Turnaround Atlas Awards for:
  • 2020 U.S.A Restructuring Law Firm of the of the Year – Middle Markets.
  • Media Restructuring of the Year (2020) – LBI Media.
  • Chapter 11 Restructuring of the Year ($500 million to $1 billion) (2018) – Optima Specialty Steel.
  • Energy Restructuring of the Year (over $1 billion) (2016) – Midstates Petroleum.
  • Industrials Restructuring of the Year (2016) – Constellation Enterprises.