Christopher B. "Chris" Wick
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Christopher B. Wick chairs the firm’s Commercial Services & Restructuring Practice Group. Chris specializes in corporate restructuring and bankruptcy and focuses his practice on corporate reorganizations, workouts, debtors’ and creditors’ rights and corporate transactions across the United States. He has represented parties in the restructuring, reorganization or sale of complex business in various industries, including energy, automotive, agriculture, telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing, real estate and steel. He also has a broad range of transactional experience and has advised clients in connection with a variety of DIP financing facilities, recapitalization transactions and asset dispositions and acquisitions. Chris also has extensive experience in commercial loan enforcement.
Chris has substantial experience representing and advising companies, buyers and investors in all aspects of distressed and insolvency situations. He counsels boards of directors, chief executive offices and other members of senior management with respect to their duties and obligations to and exposures in connection with financially challenged companies.
Overview
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2000
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., graduated 1997
- Ohio, 2000
- American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute Mid-Atlantic Conference Advisory Board - Member
- Cleveland Bridge Builders - Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
- Friends of the Achievement Centers for Children - Board Member
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Courts of the Western District of Michigan, Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Ohio, 2000
- American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute Mid-Atlantic Conference Advisory Board - Member
- Cleveland Bridge Builders - Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
- Friends of the Achievement Centers for Children - Board Member
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2000
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., graduated 1997
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Courts of the Western District of Michigan, Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Law
- Energy Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency, 2016-26, Corporate Law, 2024-26, Energy Law, 2026; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, 2026
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/ Restructuring, 2015-25
- Ohio Super Lawyers®, 2014-25
- Rising Star, Ohio Super Lawyers®, 2001-06, 2010-13
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