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    Benjamin S. Beller

    Special Counsel

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    New York

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    bellerb@sullcrom.com

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    Benjamin Beller is a special counsel in the Firm’s General Practice Group. His practice focuses on bankruptcy and restructuring. He clerked for the Honorable Robert E. Gerber and the Honorable Shelley C. Chapman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York. Ben was an associate at a prominent international law firm for six years prior to joining S&C in June 2020.

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    Ari Blaut and Ben Beller Co-Author Article for Life Science Leader Magazine

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    Benjamin Beller Named to Turnarounds & Workouts’ ‘Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers 2023’ List

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    Experience

    • FTX Trading and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases
    • An ad hoc group of equitizing secured creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of Lannett Company, Inc. and its affiliates
    • Oaktree Capital Management in the Chapter 11 restructuring of SiO2 Medical Products, Inc. and its affiliates and the Chapter 11 cases of Athenex, Inc. and its affiliates
    • An ad hoc group of creditors of Avaya Inc. in its Chapter 11 cases
    • Deerfield Management in the Chapter 11 cases of Mallinckrodt plc and its affiliates and the Chapter 11 cases of Pipeline Health Systems
    • Deerfield Management as senior secured creditor, DIP lender and plan sponsor in the Chapter 11 cases of Endologix; and as the largest second lien holder in the restructuring of Mallinckrodt
    • Lion Capital in its affiliate’s DIP financing for and acquisition of John Varvatos Enterprises in a Section 363 sale process
    • Bluestone Resources and members of the Justice family in a 2021 action against Greensill Capital alleging fraud and breach of contract regarding $850 million of financing
    • Garrett Motion in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
    • Minera Los Pelambres in its dispute with Alto Maipo arising under a Power Purchase Agreement and in connection Alto Maipo’s Chapter 11 proceeding

    Publications

    • “Market Dislocations and Their Impact on Life Sciences Debt Financing,” Life Science Leader, August 2023
    • “US: Dynamic Trends in Chapter 15,” Global Restructuring Review Americas Restructuring Review 2020
    • “‘Cross’-Border Wall? Not for U.S. Recognition of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings,” International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery & Insolvency Laws and Regulations 2019
    • “Healthcare Master Leases in Bankruptcy,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy, September 2018
    • “In a Health Provider Restructuring, Beware the Master Lease,” Law360, June 2018
    • “S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court Continues Trend Against Enforcing Make-Whole Premiums,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy, January 2015

    Rankings and Recognitions

    Ben was named to Turnaround & Workouts’ “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers 2023” list and by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2023 and 2024).

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    Credentials

    Education

    • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2013
    • Harvard University, A.B., 2009

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Clerkships

    • The Honorable Shelley C. Chapman, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, 2016-2016
    • The Honorable Robert E. Gerber, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, 2015-2015

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