Morrison Foerster announced the arrival of Bryan Kotliar as a partner in the Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group, in the New York office. Kotliar brings over a decade of valuable experience representing corporate borrowers, creditors, and other parties in interest in the distressed arena, in addition to substantial experience conducting discovery and witness examinations in chapter 11 cases.

Kotliar joins Morrison Foerster from a New York-based boutique bankruptcy firm, where he was a partner and focused his practice on bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring matters, with a particular focus on large, international, and complex chapter 11 cases typically involving significant litigation.

“We are excited to welcome Bryan to our standout Restructuring team and to the firm,” said Lorenzo Marinuzzi, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group. “In addition to expanding our bench strength representing debtors and creditors, Bryan’s significant bankruptcy litigation experience further reinforces our bankruptcy investigations and litigation capabilities, as well as increasing our ability to serve clients amid a robust market.”

Kotliar has represented debtors and creditors in some of the largest and most complex restructurings of the past decade. In particular, he has substantial experience representing debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, equity holders, foreign representatives, asset purchasers, investors, and others in connection with in- and out-of-court restructurings and other distressed situations. Prior to his last firm, Kotliar was a restructuring attorney at a leading global firm.

“Morrison Foerster is a globally renowned firm with tremendous transactional and litigation capabilities and an exceptional Restructuring team, many of whom I’ve had the opportunity to work across the table from over the years,” said Kotliar. “I am excited to work with my new colleagues on MoFo’s premier platform to deliver results for our clients in their most complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters.”