A partner in the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department, Brian S. Hermann specializes in the areas of corporate restructurings and bankruptcy. He has been involved in major restructurings and bankruptcies representing debtors, creditors, and acquirers of assets across the country. His significant debtor representations include Progressive Molded Products Inc., Foamex International Inc., Cone Mills Corporation, The Penn Traffic Company and Ithaca Industries Inc. He has also represented a number of official and ad hoc bondholder committees, including in the following matters: Tronox Incorporated, Simmons Bedding, Nortek, CIT, GM, The Wornick Company, and Ziff Davis Media. His notable other significant bankruptcy cases include Spectrum Brands, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Mirant Corporation, NRG Energy, Inc. and Big Idea Productions.

Mr. Hermann has extensive experience in the energy and textile sectors. In addition, he has developed a sub-specialty working on a number of music and entertainment company bankruptcies.

Mr. Hermann writes frequently on bankruptcy issues and has published the following articles:

• "Bankruptcy Reforms and the High Net Worth Debtor" (New York Law Journal, March 3, 2008);
  
  
• "Recording Artists, Beware!" (New York Law Journal, March 5, 2007);
  
  
• "Deciphering Dana" (The Deal, "Judgment Call," December 1, 2006);
  
  
• "Disclosure Exposure," discussing the implication of new section 1102(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code (The Deal, August 21, 2006);
  
  
• "Supreme Court 2006: The Supremes Expand Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction" (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, July/August 2006);
  
  
• "The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 – A Primer on Those Changes Affecting Business Bankruptcies" (International Corporate Rescue, January 2006);
  
  
• "Delaware Court Invalidates Use of So-Called SPM Arrangement in Chapter 11 Plan" (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, May 2005); and
  
  
• "Distributing a Debtor’s Intellectual Property— Does Bankruptcy Code §365(n) apply to agreements to sell recorded music, books, films or videos?” (New York Law Journal, November 22, 2004).

Mr. Hermann is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association and the Practising Law Institute's Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights Advisory Committee. He is recognized as one of the leading bankruptcy and corporate restructuring lawyers in New York by Best Lawyers in America.