David C. Albalah
Partner
Chris Carfizzi
212.508.6100 x6574
David Albalah heads Bracewell & Giuliani’s New York office Financial Restructuring Group. Mr. Albalah advises parties-in-interest in all aspects of restructuring proceedings, both in and out of court. Mr. Albalah is also the firm-wide head of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is a member of several mediation panels, has served as a court-appointed mediator, and is on the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association.
A certified public accountant, Mr. Albalah prior to law school practiced audit and tax at Ernst & Young LLP.
He is also an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers University School of Law.
Representative Matters
Financial Restructuring
Adelphia, Ames, Bank of New York, Balfour, Blue Streak, Brentano's, Caldor, Calpine, Coated Sales, Coda Acquisition, Commodore, Consolidated Auctioneers, Dura, Federal Mogul, Fishers Big Wheel, G&G Retail, Gaston & Snow, Giuliani Capital Advisors, Global Crossing, Goldman Sachs, Hills Department Stores, Houbigant, IDT Corporation, Instinet, Jamesway, Jimmy Jazz, Jordan Industries, K-Mart, KVP LP, Keren Limited Partnership, Kimble Group, LTV, Labels for Less, Laventhol & Horwath, Little Bear, MatlinPatterson, Morgan Stanley, Mother's Work, OAN Services, Loral, MCI, MFN, MGM Cinecom, Net2Phone, Nortel EMEA, OAN Services, Oneida, Owens Corning, PT-1, Pacific Gateway, RSL, Sharp, Teleglobe, Warnaco, Wilson's Leather, and Winstar.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ACE Group, Aerotel USA, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Arizona Biltmore, AT&T, Continental AG, Costco Wholesale Corp., Empire State Building, GMAC Financial Services, HIT Entertainment, IDT Corporation, Kushner, Laventhol & Horwath, Motorola, Olympic Insurance Company, Petrobras Brazil, RMM Records, Universal Music Group, Software AG, US Congressman, and Wells Fargo.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1991
B.S., summa cum laude, State University of New York at Albany, 1985
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
New Jersey
New York