Special Committees and Chapter 11 Investigations: What Courts Expect, Best Practices, Avoiding Pitfalls

Mr. Cannizzaro, III, chairs the firm's Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He is a seasoned corporate lawyer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, alternative entity issues, and securities. Mr. Cannizzaro,III, represents public and private companies and private equity sponsors in complex US and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, investments, dispositions, spinoffs, joint ventures, energy infrastructure projects, restructuring, bankruptcy and distressed M&A, and SPACs. Beyond discrete transactions, he provides counsel to international and domestic clients in connection with their ongoing business and operations.  

Mr. Grzaslewicz is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Litigation Groups. He is an experienced Delaware litigator focusing his practice on litigation involving corporations and other business entities formed under Delaware law. Mr. Grzaslewicz represents clients in the Delaware Court of Chancery in various business disputes. His experience includes litigating breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and fraud actions, as well as litigating disputes arising under Delaware’s corporate and alternative entity statutes, including control contests, demands for books and records, and demands for advancement and indemnification. Mr. Grzaslewicz also has an active practice before the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Delaware Superior Court, including, most recently, successfully prosecuting a post-acquisition fraud claim as first chair litigation and trial counsel, which resulted in a multi-million dollar judgment for his client.

Ms. Pakrouh focuses her practice on corporate restructuring and litigating complex commercial disputes that arise in Chapter 11 proceedings, as well as other federal and state court matters. She is experienced in representing debtors, committees, lenders, trustees, and other parties-in-interest in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. Ms. Pakrouh's representations have spanned a wide variety of industries, including blockchain services, investment funds, construction, health care, retail, telecommunications, oil & gas, and transportation. She is renown as a trailblazer in crypto currency bankruptcies, representing ad hoc groups, litigation targets, and creditors in high-profile proceedings.