Patrick E. Mears is a Contributing Author to the treatise, Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide, and is the Chairperson of the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, resident in its Grand Rapids, Michigan office. Mears is an elected member of the American Law Institute and an elected fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mears has authored numerous articles and treatises on insolvency and creditors’ rights law during his 33 years of practice. He and his colleague, John T. Gregg, are the principal authors of the treatise, Auto Supplier Insolvencies and Bankruptcies: Issues for Suppliers and Customers of Financially Troubled Auto Suppliers, published by the American Bankruptcy Institute in 2006.
John T. Gregg is a member of Barnes & Thornburg’s Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department. He has extensive experience representing secured creditors, debtors, committees, asset purchasers and other parties in interest in reorganizations, liquidations and other insolvency proceedings. He has been involved in numerous bankruptcies and workouts in various industries, including automotive, manufacturing, real estate, airline, investment banking and retail. Mr. Gregg has significant experience in the automotive industry and has represented parts suppliers, tool vendors, secured creditors, committees, health insurance providers, asset purchasers and landlords in numerous automotive-related matters.
Mathias Winge has extensive experience in creditor, reconstruction and insolvency related questions within IT, financial, construction and hotel businesses and receives receiverships regularly. Mathias has been leading and assisted in a large number of bankruptcies, whereof several larger bankruptcies with international connections. Mathias give advice in formal and informal reorganizations and related issues such as acquisitions of insolvent entities, structuring of internal transactions within insolvent Groups, purchasing of creditor’s claims, debt to equity swaps, security realizations etc. Mathias also regularly advises companies and business organizations within the forest industry and finance companies in general commercial matters. Finally, Mathias acts as counsel in insolvency related lawsuits for example advising creditors in relation to recovery of assets, personal liability for boards etc.