Robert P. Charbonneau

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Representation of BioNitrogen Holdings Corp. in a Chapter 11 protection matter
Representation of an ad hoc committee of construction lien claimants in the Fontainebleau Las Vegas bankruptcy case. Successfully argued for priming liens in excess of $300 million over the priority of nearly $1 billion in existing bank debt before the Nevada Supreme Court and the two federal courts in Florida
Representation of the creditors committee in Hear USA, a publicly traded hearing aid manufacturer and retailer
Served as counsel to the statutory committee of Deposit Holders in the Levitt Homes bankruptcy case
Lead Debtor’s counsel in the Pan American Hospital case, then the largest independent not for profit hospital in South Florida
Lead Committee Counsel in both the Suncruz Casinos and ITG Vegas cases involving fleets of gambling vessels
On-going representations across the country of a hedge fund in the enforcement of their debt instruments in various Chapter 11 proceedings

In re First Foliage, L.C., NO. AP 10-03591-LMI, 2014 WL 2616618, (Bankr. S.D. Fla.., June 11, 2014
In re Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, 289 P.3d 1199 (Nev. 2012); In re Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, 267 P.3d 786 (Nev. 2011); In re Willis, 424 F. App’x 880 (11th Cir. 2011)
In re Willis, 424 F. App’x 880 (11th Cir. 2011)
In re Brandon Overseas, Inc., Adv. 09-01971-RBR, 2010 WL 2812944, (Bankr. S.D. Fla. July 16, 2010)
In re Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, LLC, 434 B.R. 716, (S.D. Fla. 2010)
In re W.B. Care Center, LLC, 419 B.R. 62 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2009)
In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., 364 B.R. 839 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)
In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., 364 B.R. 832 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)
In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., No. 04-11820-BKC-AJC, 2005 WL 2445907, (Bankr. S.D. Fla .Feb. 25, 2005)

Recognized in the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for his work in: Litigation-Bankruptcy
Best Lawyers In America© – Listed in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency (2016)
Chambers & Partners USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2005-Present)
Florida’s Super Lawyers – Bankruptcy: Business, Creditor Debtor Rights
Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite
South Florida Legal Guide, recognized as Top Lawyer

The Case For Committee Surcharge Actions, 32-JUN American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 28 June, 2013

Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute 38th Annual Alexander Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, 2014
Panelist, Miami-Dade County Bench & Bar Conference, 2014
Panelist, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors conference, 2009

President, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, 2004-2005
Chair, Broward County Bar Association, Commercial Law Section
Chair, Florida Bar Business Law Section’s Bankruptcy & UCC Committee, 2013
Co-chair Florida Bar Business Law Section’s Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Member, Commercial Law League of America
Member, Dade County Bar Association
Member, Cuban American Bar Association