William Roberts

Experience

• Conducted investigation of potential related-party claims on behalf of the Special Committee of a Chapter 11 debtor.
• Represented 1.5 lien indenture trustee for $250 million of notes issued by Momentive Performance Materials following remand by the Second Circuit in precedent-setting litigation on the determination of cramdown interest rates in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Sabine Oil & Gas.
• Represented a hedge fund creditor in derivatives claims litigation in Lehman bankruptcy.
• Represented the Indenture Trustee for the First Lien Noteholders in the Chapter 11 restructuring of Energy Future Intermediate Holdings LLC.
• Defending the directors of insolvent companies in fiduciary duty litigation.
• Lead trial counsel in successful Chapter 11 reorganization of a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church.
• Represented Boston Children’s Hospital in defeating a challenge to a determination of need, brought by opponents of a much needed modernization and expansion project to build, among other things, a state-of-the-art NICU and heart center. 
• Representing hospitals and academic medical centers in litigation and pre-litigation disputes.
• Representing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in commercial and False Claims Act litigation.
• Representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in complex commercial disputes and pre-acquisition diligence. 
• Advising leading venture capital firms on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-corruption compliance.