Schuyler G. Carroll

Leading clients through complex bankruptcy proceedings and acting as a trusted adviser across various transactions and litigation-related matters, Schuyler Carroll helps develop strategic solutions for clients’ most pressing restructuring needs.

Schuyler provides innovative solutions and litigation support to clients on bankruptcy, restructuring and transactional matters, focusing primarily on Chapter 11, 15 and 7 proceedings, in addition to distressed acquisitions and creditors’ rights enforcement. He represents a wide range of clients—such as debtors, creditor committees, trade creditors, claims traders, indenture trustees, bondholders and secured and unsecured creditors—across the industries in which Manatt focuses, ranging from health care to real estate. He also regularly counsels on potential bankruptcy issues relating to other strategic transactions like investments, loans and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Schuyler has extensive experience in state and federal courts litigating for creditors’ rights as well as navigating a wide range of related enforcement actions and fraud claims.

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Schuyler G. Carroll

New York

212.790.4521

Services

Bankruptcy

Office

New York

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Bio

Schuyler G. Carroll

Leading clients through complex bankruptcy proceedings and acting as a trusted adviser across various transactions and litigation-related matters, Schuyler Carroll helps develop strategic solutions for clients’ most pressing restructuring needs.

Schuyler provides innovative solutions and litigation support to clients on bankruptcy, restructuring and transactional matters, focusing primarily on Chapter 11, 15 and 7 proceedings, in addition to distressed acquisitions and creditors’ rights enforcement. He represents a wide range of clients—such as debtors, creditor committees, trade creditors, claims traders, indenture trustees, bondholders and secured and unsecured creditors—across the industries in which Manatt focuses, ranging from health care to real estate. He also regularly counsels on potential bankruptcy issues relating to other strategic transactions like investments, loans and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Schuyler has extensive experience in state and federal courts litigating for creditors’ rights as well as navigating a wide range of related enforcement actions and fraud claims.

Accomplishments

Speaker, “Creditor-on-Credit Conflict Series: Assessing the Fight Over Robertshaw,” August 2024.

Speaker, “Bausch Health: The Allegedly Fraudulent Transfer Case, Patent Litigation and Securities Litigation,” August 2024.

Speaker, “Creditor-on-Creditor Conflict Series, ConvergeOne: Discussing the Implications of Its Bankruptcy Plan,” July 2024.

Speaker, “Steward Health Care Bankruptcy Update – Part Two: Continuing the Conversation,” Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, July 2024.

Speaker, “Retail Bankruptcy Cases: Assessing Recent Filings From Rue21, Sam Ash, JOANN, and Others,” May 2024.

Speaker, “PLI Commercial Real Estate Financing 2024: Distress and Defaults - “Remember Bankruptcy in Commercial Real Estate Matters?” March 2024.

Speaker, “Spirit Airlines: Reviewing the Capital Structure and Credit Agreement Protections in Light of a Terminated Merger Agreement,” March 2024.

Speaker, “Purdue Pharma Third-Party Release Supreme Court Ruling: Assessing Its Legal Precedent Implications for the Loan Market,” December 2023.

Speaker, “AMC Entertainment: Assessing Credit Agreement Holes and Repurchase Rationales Within the Debt Capital Structure,” November 2023.

Speaker, “Creditor-on-Creditor Conflict Series: Assessing DQ Lists and Considerations for Secondary Trading and Priming Transactions,” October 2023.

Speaker, “Creditor-on-Creditor Conflict Series: Implications of the Serta Simmons Lawsuit and Bankruptcy Court Rulings,” July 2023.

Speaker, “Creditor-on-Creditor Conflict: Diebold Nixdorf Indenture - Complexities Between Consenting and Non-Consenting Bondholders and Lenders,” April 2023.

Speaker, “’The Future of Real Estate,’ Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review (FESLR),” February 2022.

Speaker, “PLI Commercial Real Estate Financing – ‘Bankruptcy for Real Estate Finance Lawyers’,” 2020.

AV Preeminent Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

New York’s Top Rated Lawyers, The American Lawyer, 2013

Admitted to practice in the state of New York

Member, Enhance Diversity in the Profession Committee – New York City Bar Association

Member, Turnaround Management Association

Member, Diversity Champion Award Selection Committee – New York City Bar Association

Member, New York County Civil Court Independent Judicial Screening Panel

Member, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors

Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Member, Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee

Member, Real Estate and Business Reorganization Committee

Quoted, “Diamond Sports Group Disclosure Statement Approved, Paving Way for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Exit,” Awful Announcing, October 9, 2024.

Quoted, “Hertz Ruling Keeps ‘Make-Whole’ Fee Focus on Solvent Debtors,” Bloomberg Law, September 19, 2024.

Quoted, “The future of Steward Health Care's hospitals remains uncertain after bidding deadline,” GBH, July 16, 2024.

Co-author, “Are Make-Whole Provisions Enforceable in Bankruptcy? It May Depend on Where the Debtor Files,” New York Law Journal, June 7, 2024.

Featured, “Manatt Adds Carroll in Restructuring,” The Deal, April 19, 2024.

Featured, “Manatt Adds NY Bankruptcy, Financial Regulatory Partners,” Law360, April 17, 2024.

Co-author, “Corporate Transparency Act Creates Uncertainty in Administering Bankruptcy Cases,” Reuters, April 2, 2024.

Co-author, “Court Refuses to Enforce Delaware Statutory Provision Stripping LLC Interests Upon Bankruptcy Filing,” Reuters, January 3, 2024.

Co-author, “2nd Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court Decision Finding Fraudulent Transfer Breach of Fiduciary Duty,” Reuters, September 21, 2023.

Co-author, “Courts Require Repayment of Trustee Program Bankruptcy Fees Deemed Unconstitutional by Supreme Court,” Reuters, July 19, 2023.

New York

St. John’s University School of Law, J.D., 1992

Binghamton University, B.A., 1989

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