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Chris Coleman is an associate in the Finance and Restructuring practice group and is a member of the firm’s Private Credit & Special Situations team. Chris represents key stakeholders in all aspects of financial restructuring matters, both in- and out-of-court. He has experience advising across several industry sectors, including manufacturing, aviation, healthcare, retail, restaurants, financial services, and infrastructure.
Chris’s transactional practice includes regularly advising clients on distressed m&a transactions, out-of-court restructurings, workouts, winddowns, and special situations financings. Chris’s in-court experience includes representing companies, bank and non-bank lenders, strategic investors, liquidators, and other stakeholders in complex bankruptcy cases, offshore liquidations, receivership actions, and insolvency litigation.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Chris was an associate in the financial restructuring practice of another AmLaw 100 firm. Chris is an active member of Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, cum laude
M.Div, Wake Forest University
B.A. Political Science, Carson-Newman College
Georgia
North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Judicial Clerk, Marcia Phillips Parsons, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
American Bankruptcy Institute
Georgia State Bar
North Carolina State Bar
Turnaround Management Association
English
September 18, 2024
Red Lobster Emerges From Bankruptcy with New Owners
April 30, 2024
Lender Liability Quarterly – April 2024
April 1, 2024
Navigating the Litigation Minefield When Exercising Proxy Rights
October 1, 2021
The Increasing Utilization (and Challenges) of Structured Dismissals as an Alternative Disposition of Bankruptcy Cases
September 18, 2024
Red Lobster Emerges From Bankruptcy with New Owners
April 30, 2024
Lender Liability Quarterly – April 2024
April 1, 2024
Navigating the Litigation Minefield When Exercising Proxy Rights
October 1, 2021
The Increasing Utilization (and Challenges) of Structured Dismissals as an Alternative Disposition of Bankruptcy Cases
September 18, 2024
Red Lobster Emerges From Bankruptcy with New Owners
J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, cum laude
M.Div, Wake Forest University
B.A. Political Science, Carson-Newman College
Georgia
North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Judicial Clerk, Marcia Phillips Parsons, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
American Bankruptcy Institute
Georgia State Bar
North Carolina State Bar
Turnaround Management Association
English