1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York 10036
United States
Seth Van Aalten is an associate in the Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy group. Mr. Van Aalten joined Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in 2003, which was merged into Cooley Godward Kronish in 2006, and is resident in the New York office.
Mr. Van Aalten concentrates his practice in both transactional and litigation aspects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation. He frequently represents creditors' committees and debtors in Chapter 11 cases, as well as purchasers of assets, parties to executory contracts and real property leases and unsecured creditors. Mr. Van Aalten frequently handles contested matters and dedicated adversary proceedings concerning cash collateral and postpetition financing use, section 363 asset sales, plan confirmation proceedings, and Bankruptcy Rule 2004 investigations, among others.
Mr. Van Aalten also specializes in the prosecution of LBO, fraudulent conveyance and other bankruptcy estate causes of action, including his recent representation of the Mervyn's Creditors' Committee in its prosecution of a $1.2 billion litigation against certain significant companies, private equity firms and financial institutions who participated in the 2004 sale of Mervyn's and the simultaneous stripping away of Mervyn's valuable real estate assets.
Mr. Van Aalten has served as counsel to the Creditors' Committee in several of most prominent retail Chapter 11 cases in the country as follows:
Current representations include: Blockbuster, Mervyn's, Vertis Holdings and Eddie Bauer.
Prior representations include: Sharper Image, KB Toys, G.I. Joe's, Inc., Norstan Apparel Shops, Bachrach Clothing, Today's Man, Endicott Johnson Corporation, Bob's Stores, Dawahare's of Lexington, Scotty's Inc., New Weathervane, Donnkenny, Inc., Pelican Pool & Ski Center, Christopher's Men's Stores, Ski Chalet, Popular Stores and Rag Shops.
Areas of Practice | 1) Bankruptcy and 2) Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy |
Law School | Boston College Law School, J.D., 2003 |
Admitted Year | 1997 |
Education | State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A.,2000 |
Bar Member / Association | New York State Bar Association |
Most recent firm | Cooley LLP |
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