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Seth Van Aalten
is an associate in the Firm's
Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice group. Mr. Van Aalten joined Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP in 2003, which was merged into Cooley Godward Kronish LLP in 2006. Mr. Van Aalten is resident in the
New York office.
Mr. Van Aalten's practice focuses on both litigation and transactional work, including the representation of debtors and unsecured creditors' committees in chapter 11 reorganizations. Mr. Van Aalten has assisted in the representation of Chapter 11 debtors in the Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. and D.C.I. Danaco cases and has assisted in the representation of creditors' committees in cases such as Bachrach Clothing Inc., Norstan Apparel, and Pelican Pool & Ski Center, Inc.
Mr. Van Aalten has been a key player in the representation of the Official Employment-Related Issues Committee of Enron Corp. (the "ERIC"), which has prosecuted over 40 actions against former Enron "Top Hat" executives to recover deferred compensation payments made on the eve of the Enron bankruptcy filing. The ERIC has successfully recovered in excess of $30 million in paid deferred compensation for the benefit of general unsecured creditors, including a recently approved $15 million global settlement resolving all of the ERIC's outstanding deferred compensation actions against former Enron executives.
Mr. Van Aalten has also played a significant role in cases with important published decisions, such as the Second Circuit's decision in Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc., which held that non-debtor releases contained in reorganization plans should not be approved absent the finding that truly unusual circumstances render the release terms important to the success of the plan.
Mr. Van Aalten received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 2003. He earned a B.A. from Binghamton University in 2000, where he graduated
cum laude
as a member of the phi eta sigma honor society.
Mr. Van Aalten is a member of the State Bar of New York and is admitted to practice before the Southern District of New York.
Education- Boston University School of Law
JD, 2003 - Binghamton University
BA, 2000, cum laude, Phi Eta Sigma
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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