Robert J. Gayda - Seward & Kissel LLP

Robert J. (Bob) Gayda is a partner Seward & Kissel’s Corporate Rtcturg & Bankptcy Group. Bob reprents credors’ mte, special mte, directors and officers, btors, lenrs, distrsed asset purchasers and vtors rtcturgs, whether or out of urt. Bob has experience across a number of dtri cludg retail, hospaly, pharma, crypto, fancial servic, energy, marime/offshore, real tate, ftech and mass tort. Bob has been regnized by Chambers USA where clients noted that he is “smart, practil and knows how to keep the ball movg forward”, “a wonrful attorney and a pleasure to work wh” and that he “monstrat patience, skill and judgment”. Bob was also selected to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leadg Bankptcy & Rtcturg Lawyers and named as a Top Author JD Supra’s Rears’ Choice Awards. Prevly, Bob was selected as a wner of the 7th Annual M&A Advisor Emergg Lears Awards the Legal Advisor tegory (formerly their “40 unr 40” awards) and named a Risg Star by Super Lawyers 2017-2019. Bob is active the rtcturg muny, wrg and speakg equently. Bob is the edor of Seward’s Back (the) Black Blog, which posts weekly. Bob has recently been published the Journal of Corporate Renewal, Re Rearch, Law360, and Turnarounds & Workouts, and appeared the Fancial Tim, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, and Forb discsg rtcturg issu. Some select recent engagements clu the reprentatn of btor Tim Square JV LLC (currently DBA the Crowne Plaza Tim Square) s succsful bankptcy se, cludg ongog ligatn, the reprentatn of unsecured credors’ mte the Co Cloud, ABC Carpet & Home, Fairmont San Jose, Furnure Factory, Papys and Le Pa Quotidien bankptci, and the liquidatg tste both ABC and Furnure Factory, where Bob is prosecutg breach of fiduciary duty claims. Bob is also reprentg clients the Bed Bath & Beyond, Purdue Pharma, Endo Pharmactils, FTX and Eletson bankptcy s var paci. Bob serv on the board of directors of the Gladiator Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprof rporatn which supports bra ncer rearch and patients, particularly those afflicted wh glblastoma, as well as the board of the Rumson Edutn Foundatn. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Associatn (NY) Golf Commtee, the Marime Bankptcy and Insolvency Commtee of the Marime Law Associatn of the US, and a member of the Insolvency Sectn of the Internatnal Bar Associatn, the Amerin Bankptcy Instute, and the New York State Bar Associatn.