Chris’ primary areas of concentration include multi-jurisdictional litigation, business bankruptcy and international law. Chris represents primarily secured creditors and creditors committees in complex financial restructurings and bankruptcy reorganizations. He also serves as a Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 Trustee. Chris’ experience in international litigation has been focused upon assisting secured creditors in both acting as a gatekeeper advising clients and coordinating with foreign counsel and advice as to rights and remedies available to secured creditors enforcing their rights and remedies in multinational jurisdictions.
About the Attorney:
Chris is widely recognized for his involvement in international insolvency and international litigation matters, specifically, concerning pursuing assets transferred to offshore jurisdictions. Chris has been featured in articles that dealt with recovery of assets that appeared in offshore accounts, by the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and by the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. His unusual practice was first featured in Forbes in June 1993 and most recently in the American Bar Association Journal. His asset tracking and recovery skills are now sought worldwide by attorneys, individuals and governments. Chris has been listed as one of the best bankruptcy attorneys in the United States for over twenty years in The Best Lawyers of America® and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He was also voted as a 2008 Missouri & Kansas “Super Lawyer®” in the area of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights law.
Chris has had numerous speaking engagements at the American Bar Association, Commercial Law League, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the American Bankruptcy Institute, state and local bar associations and other educational organizations.
Since 1986, Chris’ international litigation has taken him to numerous overseas jurisdictions while pursuing the recovery of millions of dollars for creditors, trustees and receivers. Some of his experience includes litigation in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, England, Wales, Norway, France, Italy, the Netherlands and other European countries, Cayman Islands, Nevis and other Caribbean Islands, the Netherland Antilles and South America.
Chris has been a representative to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on behalf of the American Bar Association and the United States of America and was instrumental in assisting in the development of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency. Chris served as a member of the expert group to UNCITRAL and in addition served as a representative on behalf of UNCITRAL in coordination with The Hague Conference on Insolvency matters. Chris has also served as a member of the United States Delegation to UNCITRAL on Insolvency and Commercial Fraud.
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