Paul J. Keenan Jr

Paul Keenan is a shareholder in the Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Practice. Paul’s practice includes the representation of corporate debtors and creditors in bankruptcy cases, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, loan workouts, asset sales, wind downs and UCC foreclosures. He represents clients in courts across Florida and nationwide, including wide-ranging experience before the bankruptcy courts in Delaware. Paul also provides insolvency-related structuring advice and legal opinions in connection with complex financial transactions. He is a past President of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida.

Paul has substantial experience in cross-border bankruptcies and restructurings. He speaks Spanish and has extensive experience living and working in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is a Fellow of INSOL International for having completed an intensive course in cross-border restructurings. Among other accomplishments in this area, Paul was one of the lead restructuring lawyers for Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V., whose restructuring of $420 million of debt was awarded the "Restructuring Deal of the Year Award" by Latin Lawyer magazine.

Before attending law school, Paul served as an officer in the United States Navy on active duty for seven years.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring, 2) Bankruptcy litigation and 3) Loan workouts
Law School J.D., magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 2000
Admitted Year 2002
Education M.M.A., University of Rhode Island, 1996; B.A., Tufts University, 1990
Bar Member / Association State Bar of Florida, State Bar of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Most recent firm Greenberg Traurig LLP
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