Chris Gartman

Chris Gartman is a partner in Hughes Hubbard's Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy group, where he focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial litigation.

Chris' diverse practice includes the representation of financial institutions, debtors and creditors in a wide range of matters, including asset sales and acquisitions, in and out-of-court restructurings, as well as lender liability, breach of contract, tort and avoidance actions.

In 2021, Chris was named a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal’s Professional Excellence Awards, an honor awarded to only 27 lawyers in the New York area. In 2019, he was recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts as an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer—an honor bestowed upon only 12 bankruptcy lawyers nationwide. In 2018, he was selected for inclusion in the American Bankruptcy Institute’s “40 Under 40” program on the basis of his outstanding professional achievements in the restructuring industry. Chris has also repeatedly been recognized by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, and the Legal 500.

• GOL Airlines, one of Latin America’s largest airlines, as debtors’ co-counsel in its chapter 11 proceedings
• AgileThought, Inc. and thirty affiliated debtors, as lead debtors’ counsel in all aspects of their chapter 11 proceedings
• Stanadyne, LLC and three affiliated debtors, as lead debtors' counsel in all aspects of their chapter 11 proceedings
• Delta Air Lines as DIP Lender, substantial equityholder and strategic partner in Aeroméxico’s bankruptcy proceedings
• Special DIP finance counsel for Pace Industries in its chapter 11 proceedings
• Post-effective date counsel for Cenveo in its chapter 11 proceedings, including primary responsibility for administering its claims process involving claims totaling approximately $2 billion
• Patriot National, Inc. and eighteen affiliated debtors, as lead debtors' counsel in all aspects of their chapter 11 proceedings
• CST Industries, the world’s largest and leading tank and dome manufacturer, and two affiliated debtors, as lead debtors' counsel in all aspects of their chapter 11 proceedings 
• Delta Petroleum Corp., a public oil and natural gas exploration and production company, and eight affiliated entities as lead debtors' counsel in all aspects of their chapter 11 proceedings 
• Lehman Brothers Inc. in its Securities Investor Protection Act liquidation proceedings
• Republic Airways in its chapter 11 proceedings and related litigation
• Wells Fargo as indenture trustee and security trustee in Philippine Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings
• Wells Fargo as indenture trustee in Hainan Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings
• Wells Fargo as indenture trustee, security trustee and owner trustee in Norwegian Air’s insolvency proceedings
• Wells Fargo as indenture trustee in LATAM Airlines’ chapter 11 proceedings
• Wells Fargo as owner trustee in Avianca’s chapter 11 proceedings
• DIP Lender in Lolli & Pops’ chapter 11 proceedings
• The Bank of Nova Scotia as agent on a $625 million loan to an operating subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corp. in Adelphia's chapter 11 proceedings
• The Bank of Nova Scotia as a defendant in a $5 billion "lender liability" action brought by the Adelphia Recovery Trust
• Over 250 defendants in a $12.5 billion avoidance action brought by the Lyondell Basell litigation trust in connection with Lyondell Chemical Co.'s chapter 11 proceedings
• Counsel to the examiner in the North General Hospital chapter 11 case
• Affiliate of CBS Corp. as stalking horse and successful bidder in the Scout Media, Inc. chapter 11 proceedings
• Cenveo Corp. as purchaser of assets from National Envelope in NE Opco’s chapter 11 proceedings and in related litigation arising from the sale
• The stalking horse and successful bidder for the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami in the MSR Resorts chapter 11 proceedings
• Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. in the sale of the rights to two drugs to a company newly-formed by certain existing Cyclerion shareholders and venture capital firms in exchange for cash and shares of stock in the new company
• Unsecured creditors in numerous large chapter 11 cases, including, among others, Hertz, Sears, Caesars, PG&E, Barneys, Dean Foods, Bumble Bee Tuna, International Shipholding and NII Holdings (Plan Proponent)
• Cenveo Corp. in an exchange offer and related refinancing transactions totaling over $200 million
• Public technology company in workout of litigation claims
• International medical company in workout of litigation claims
• Lender in restructuring of technology solutions provider
• Lender to an aircraft company in loan enforcement, workout and restructuring efforts
• Chief financial officer of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in Dewey's bankruptcy proceedings and related litigation
• Rabobank as a defendant in lender liability action relating to a “Midco” transaction dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction
• A group of class-action plaintiffs as creditors in the chapter 11 proceedings of DJK Residential (SIRVA)
• Société Générale as a creditor under a swap agreement in Sentinel Management Group Inc. chapter 11 proceedings
• M&T Bank, National Association as a secured creditor under floor plan line of credit agreements in the bankruptcy proceedings of numerous automotive dealers
• Affiliate of Capital One NA in connection with bilateral and syndicated asset-based borrowing base revolving credit and term loan facilities
• Affiliate of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC as lender under credit facilities secured on margin by marketable securities
• A variety of financial institutions as creditors in other bankruptcy cases, loan default proceedings and out-of-court restructurings