Robert Paul Charbonneau is a founding member of the Firm. He concentrates his practice in troubled loan workouts, business restructuring and dispute resolution and insolvency matters. Bob has particularly broad experience representing statutory committees, including creditors’ committees, and funds purchasing distressed debt.
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