Steve Warren is a partner in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Restructuring Practice. He specializes in corporate finance, reorganizations, restructurings, and financial/bankruptcy litigation. His practice includes workouts, restructurings and bankruptcies, as counsel to both creditors and corporate debtors. He also represents clients in structuring complex financial transactions.

Additionally, Steve defends officers and directors in insolvency-related litigation, in which he often works in conjunction with members of our Litigation Department. His D&O representations include successful resolutions in the First Executive-Executive Life Insurance securities and policy holder litigation and the Imperial Savings-RTC litigation. He also advises clients concerning bankruptcy risks in corporate transactions.
Illustrative Professional Experience

Represents Lenado Capital Partners in approximately US$275,000,000 in claims in the Movie Gallery bankruptcy case (including senior secured revolver claims, senior secured term debt and second lien debt)
Served as counsel to Seidler Equity Partners in the Sportsman's Warehouse bankruptcy case, converting claims in excess of US$100,000,000 into ownership of the reorganized company
Served as debtor's counsel to Gottschalks, Inc. in its bankruptcy case
Served as counsel to Edison International in the restructure of its utility operations in California
Represented Tower Records (MTS Incorporated) in its successful prepackaged bankruptcy plan of reorganization, which was confirmed within 35 days after filing and restructured the company's US$110 million in public bonds
Represented CIGNA in the MedPartners Provider Network and KPC Medical Management bankruptcies, and served on the Official Creditors Committee in both cases
Represented a 16-member lender group in their US$300 million credit facility agented by Deutsche Bank to American HomePatient, a home healthcare provider
Served as counsel to Prudential Insurance in the successful restructure of note obligations owed by Kelly-Moore Paint Company
Represented a group of bank lenders agented by Wachovia in the restructure of the obligations of Ocadian Care Centers, a nursing home chain
Serves as national counsel to Yahoo!, Inc. in the restructure of its investments in and claims against troubled business partners
Served as bankruptcy and litigation counsel in Phar-Mor's successful reorganization and adversary litigation
Acted as bankruptcy and litigation counsel for Megafoods Stores in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, which resulted in the sale of operations through a confirmed plan of reorganization
Represented Inamed Corporation, a breast implant manufacturer, in its successful resolution of its breast implant litigation
Served as counsel to a 20-member bank group agented by Wells Fargo Bank in the Revco case and LBO fraudulent conveyance litigation
Served as bank group counsel in the Kroy LBO reorganization
Counsel to CIGNA in the Pleasant Care bankruptcy case
Served as counsel to Wells Fargo in the successful restructuring and payment of the obligations of Atlas Hotels