Malhar S. Pagay

Mr. Pagay is a business lawyer whose practice focuses on the development and implementation of strategic alternatives for and against distressed businesses. He has substantial experience representing chapter 11 debtors, trustees, unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, and other parties in the contexts of bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings, commercial litigation, mediations, domestic and international business transactions, business reorganizations, and out-of-court corporate restructurings of debt. He has broad industry experience, including healthcare and life sciences, real estate, technology, retail, manufacturing, transportation, sports, and entertainment. Recent representations include advising a creditors' committee in connection with a successful hospital reorganization; assisting physician groups in resolving disputes with their care network and affiliated hospital, respectively; counseling a company in connection with the multiple sales of resort and industrial properties throughout the United States; and completing the sale through section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code of a $100 million Class A commercial office property over the objections of co-owners. He has served as principal counsel to China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE) and its Chinese policyholders and clients in complex United States insolvency matters. Mr. Pagay is a member of the firm's Healthcare Restructuring Group. He has lectured both in the United States and internationally regarding a variety of legal issues, including cross-border transactions and insolvencies. He was named among "Southern California Super Lawyers: Rising Stars" in 2005, 2006, and 2007, and a "Super Lawyer" in the field of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights every year since 2009 in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine, an honor bestowed on only 5% of Southern California attorneys. Mr. Pagay holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating (Martindale-Hubbell's highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability). He has been listed among The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy in the publication's 2018 and 2019 editions. Mr. Pagay is a graduate of Yale University and received his J.D. from the University of Southern California.