Rick Antonoff is a partner in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group of Blank Rome LLP. He represents secured and unsecured creditors, official and ad-hoc committees, investors, and other parties in bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court restructuring, commercial litigation, financing, and distressed mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Antonoff has extensive experience advising clients on insolvency issues arising in structured finance and derivatives transactions as well as cross-border restructuring. He advises banks, bondholders, lessors, and other contract counterparties as creditors prosecuting claims and defending avoidance actions in bankruptcy cases and exercising default remedies, including UCC and real property foreclosures.
He represents strategic and financial investors acquiring assets of financially distressed businesses, swap and repurchase counterparties, and DIP financers. Additionally, he has significant experience in complex restructuring, inter-creditor issues, netting, and setoff.
Mr. Antonoff appears in court proceedings throughout the U.S. and is frequently invited to speak at legal education seminars and provide commentary for print and broadcast media.
Mr. Antonoff is ranked in Super Lawyers for Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Rights.
