Partner, Corporate, Finance and Investments
King & Spalding LLP
(Moderator)
Roger G. Schwartz is a finance partner in the New York office of King & Spalding. Roger represents public and private companies, private credit, direct lending and hedge funds, strategic and financial buyers, and investors in a broad range of restructuring and special situations matters, including Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings and workouts, and distressed and opportunistic acquisitions, sales and financings. He also advises equity sponsors, portfolio companies and directors and special committees in connection with liability management transactions and corporate governance issues in distressed and out-of-court situations and transactions.
Prior to returning to private practice, Mr. Schwartz was a senior counsel of workouts at General Electric Capital Corporation (GE Capital), where he provided legal oversight for a multibillion- dollar portfolio of GE Capital lending commitments. While at GE Capital, Schwartz also acted as a director of litigation where he directed legal strategy and case management for a diverse set of commercial litigation, compliance and regulatory matters.
Mr. Schwartz is a frequent lecturer, speaker and author on restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency topics and he has served as Co-Chair, Advisory Board member, moderator and panelist for numerous American Bankruptcy Institute conferences.
Mr. Schwartz was recently recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts as a member of its 2020 Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers List.
