Blanka K. Wolfe

Blanka Wolfe is an associate in the Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's New York office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Wolfe represents international and domestic clients in domestic bankruptcy cases, foreign insolvencies, and creditors' rights litigations.  She has represented creditors, creditors' committees, institutional lenders, chapter 7 trustees, distressed asset investors and purchasers, and debtors in bankruptcy cases, bankruptcy litigation and related out-of-court transactions in the United States and abroad, and in various industries, including aviation, financial services, technology, pharmaceuticals, publishing and retail.  Additionally, Ms. Wolfe has experience in commercial litigation and arbitration.

Education

• J.D., Fordham Law School, 2007
• B.A., University of Western Ontario, 2004, Honors

Admissions

• New York
• District Court for the Southern District of New York

Representative Matters

Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd. and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. in appeal to the District Court for the Southern District of New York of bankruptcy court decision in Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s chapter 11 case.

Norton Gold Fields Ltd. in Lehman Brothers Holding Inc.'s chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Israel Discount Bank of New York in the chapter 15 cases of Kaupthing Bank hf and Landsbanki Islands hf in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

TCV Industrial Group as proposed purchaser of assets in Syntax-Brillian's chapter 11 case and in adversary proceeding brought by debtor in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The CIT Group Equipment Financing Inc. and its affiliates in preference action brought in Allserve Systems Corp.'s chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the District New Jersey.

St. Jude Medical Corp. in preference action brought in Beth Israel Hospital Association of Passaic's chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the District New Jersey.

Noteholders' ad hoc committee and the indenture trustee in litigation and arbitration against Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Limited in Hong Kong and the Peoples Republic of China.

Goodrich Corporation in various airline bankruptcy cases worldwide, including Frontier Airlines (NY), ATA Airlines (IN), XL Airways (UK) and MK Airlines (UK).

D-Link Systems, Inc. in Circuit City Stores, Inc.'s chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Marriott International Capital Corp. in the chapter 11 cases of Village Hotel Investors LLC and Village Hotel Holdings LLC in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada.

The Game Show Network in preference action brought in Icebox Advertising, Inc's chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Norcent Technology, Inc. and Norcent Holdings, Inc. as debtors and debtors-in-possession in their chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Creditors' committee in William James Del Biaggio III's chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.

Aloha Airlines, Inc. as special labor and employee benefits counsel in its chapter 11 case and the trustee in its chapter 7 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawaii.

Memberships

• Fordham Law School Moot Court Board – Interschool Editor

Articles

• Setting Precedent: Lessons from Chrysler, Law360, July 29, 2009

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Law Blog Articles

• "The Precedential Value of an Unprecedented Sale - Lessons from Chrysler", July 14, 2009
• "Shipping Industry Problems", February 9, 2009