Firm
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
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.