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Frank A. Merola

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2001
  • Recognized in:
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Law School:
    University of California Los Angeles
  • Website:
    http://www.stroock.com
  • E-mail:
    fmerola@stroock.com
  • Location:
    2029 Century Park East
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086

Frank Merola is a partner in Stroock’s Financial Restructuring Group and has more than 25 years of experience in business reorganization and bankruptcy. Mr. Merola has advised debtors, creditors, acquirers and equity holders in both Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings across a range of industries. He also focuses his practice on the representation of ad hoc and official creditor committees and equity holders. Prior clients include Sirius Satellite Radio, Harbinger Capital Partners, Tennenbaum Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners. Mr. Merola has developed a sub-specialty advising parties in casino resort restructurings and bankruptcies.

Prior to joining Stroock, Mr. Merola worked at Jefferies & Co., Inc. as managing director in the Recapitalization and Reorganization Group, and as an attorney at Stutman, Treister & Glatt, P.C., a Los Angeles-based boutique law firm. 

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Frank Merola is a partner in Stroock’s Financial Restructuring Group and has more than 25 years of experience in business reorganization and bankruptcy. Mr. Merola has advised debtors, creditors, acquirers and equity holders in both Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings across a range of industries. He also focuses his practice on the representation of ad hoc and official creditor committees and equity holders. Prior clients include Sirius Satellite Radio, Harbinger Capital Partners, Tennenbaum Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners. Mr. Merola has developed a sub-specialty advising parties in casino resort restructurings and bankruptcies.

Prior to joining Stroock, Mr. Merola worked at Jefferies & Co., Inc. as managing director in the Recapitalization and Reorganization Group, and as an attorney at Stutman, Treister & Glatt, P.C., a Los Angeles-based boutique law firm. 

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Education:

  • University of California Los Angeles , J.D., graduated 1988
  • Georgetown University, BS, graduated 1985

Bar Admissions:

  • California, The State Bar of California

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member
  • Turnaround Management Association - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
 

Awards:

  • Listed in Super Lawyers
  • Nationally recommended by The Legal 500 United States
  • Recipient, Large Company Transaction of the Year Award, Turnaround Management Association (USA Capital First Trust Deed Fund), 2007

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REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Aladdin Hotel & Casino (official creditors' committee)
  • Arizona Charlie's (debtor)
  • ATP Oil & Gas (debtor)
  • BPZ Resources, Inc (debtor)
  • Caesars Entertainment Group (ad hoc group of creditors)
  • Crusader Energy (debtor)
  • Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust (trustee)
  • Fontainebleau Las Vegas (ad hoc committee of noteholders)
  • Gateway Casinos (ad hoc committee of noteholders)
  • Haggen Holdings LLC (debtors)
  • Herbst Gaming (official creditors' committee)
  • Innkeepers USA Trust (official creditors' committee)
  • Insight Health (debtor)
  • LightSquared (secured creditor)
  • M*Modal (official creditors' committee)
  • MSR Resorts Golf Course LLC (official creditors' committee)
  • Naartjie Custom Kids, Inc. (debtors)
  • OnCure Holdings, Inc. (ad hoc group of noteholders)
  • Resort at Summerlin (debtor)
  • Tronox, Inc. (official creditors' committee)
  • Tropicana Hotel & Casino (noteholder)
  • Trump Hotel & Casino Resorts (equity committee)
  • Village of Tuxedo, NY (party to Hosting Agreement)
 

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
http://www.stroock.com
 
Headquarters
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038-4982
(212) 806.5400
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California

Los Angeles, CA

2029 Century Park East

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086

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(310) 556.5800

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District of Columbia

Washington, DC

1875 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-1253

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(202) 739.2800

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Florida

Miami, FL

200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3100

Miami, FL 33131-5323

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(305) 789.9300

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