Erica Richards

Special Counsel
erichards@cooley.com
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I thrive on using my broad ranging experience to exceed expectations by providing clients with advice that is efficient, timely and innovative.

About Erica

Erica has more than a decade of experience representing a broad range of clients in connection with domestic and cross-border restructuring transactions, both in and out of court. She has provided advice to domestic and foreign debtors, creditors’ committees, individual creditors (both secured and unsecured), court-appointed examiners and third-party purchasers of distressed assets. She is well versed in representing clients in cases involving debtors in the financial services, pharmaceutical, telecom, aerospace, energy and real estate sectors.

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Experience

Cooley Secures Win in Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 Case

Cooley Secures Win in Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 Case

February 9, 2022

Cooley has been representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Mallinckrodt during Mallinckrodt’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, in which the pharmaceutical company’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization was recently confirmed after a contentious multiweek trial, marking a defining moment in the case. Cooley partners Cullen Speckhart, Ian Shapiro, Philip Bowman, Michael Klein, Cathy Hershcopf and Jonathan Kim led the team advising the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

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Related contacts

Cullen Drescher Speckhart
Partner in Charge – Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Ian Shapiro
Partner in Charge – New York, New York
Philip Bowman
Partner, New York
Michael Klein
Partner, New York
Cathy Hershcopf
Senior Counsel, New York
Russell Capone
Partner, New York
Bobby Earles
Partner, Chicago
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Sonia Nath
Partner, Washington, DC
Reed Smith
Special Counsel, New York
Joshua Siegel
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Erica Richards
Special Counsel, New York
Summer M. McKee
Special Counsel, New York
Lauren A. Reichardt
Partner, New York
Evan Lazerowitz
Associate, New York
Georgina Inglis
Associate, Washington, DC
Charlie Low
Associate, New York
Paul Springer
Associate, New York
Courtney Gladstone
Associate, Washington, DC
Jeremiah P. Ledwidge
Associate, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Business Restructuring
Commercial Litigation
Class Action Litigation
Life Sciences
Retail and Consumer Products
Insurance

Admissions & credentials

New York

Memberships & affiliations

International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation

Bankruptcy Committee, New York City Bar Association