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Solomon J. Noh
Partner

Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., 2000
Princeton University, A.B., 1997

Practice
Solomon Noh, a partner in the Bankruptcy & Reorganization Group, has a cross-disciplinary practice with involvement in derivatives, financing and mergers & acquisitions, all with a focus on distressed and bankruptcy situations. Mr. Noh also regularly represents debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings and cross-border insolvencies, and also advises lenders in various types of financing transactions. Mr. Noh’s most recent focus has been on monoline insurance company restructurings and rehabilitation and representation of banks and hedge funds on risks relating to financial contract counterparty exposure, particularly in the context of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its debtor affiliates. Mr. Noh, who began practicing in 2000, joined Shearman & Sterling in 2002. Mr. Noh recently transferred from Shearman & Sterling’s New York office to the London office to supplement the firm’s distressed/restructuring capability in the UK and Europe.


Experience
  • Secured lenders in connection with a cross-border out-of-court restructuring of a port terminals operator
  • A major UK financial institution to perform counterparty risk assessment in connection with bespoke securities lending transactions
  • IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) in connection with safe harbor/counterparty risk analysis
  • Various hedge funds in connection with their exposure in the liquidation of MF Global Inc.
  • Nomura International plc and certain of its affiliates in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Lehman Brothers, including in connection with derivatives valuation litigation
  • Several large financial institutions in connection with restructurings and risk assessment in relation to monoline insurers, including Syncora, Ambac, MBIA and FGIC
  • Various hedge funds in connection with derivatives claims trading as well as exposure to Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 cases and Lehman Brothers Inc. SIPA case
  • DDJ Capital Management and other secured lenders in connection with the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases of Haights Cross Communications, Inc.
  • Avenue Capital and other secured noteholders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Milacron Inc. and its affiliates
  • Tembec Industries Inc. in connection with a cross-border restructuring, including a Chapter 15 filing
  • Remy International, Inc. in connection with its prepackaged Chapter 11 cases, chosen as IFLR Restructuring Deal of the Year (2008)
  • Oneida Ltd. in connection with its litigation against PBGC relating to the termination premiums under The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
  • Delphi Corp. in connection with its Chapter 11 cases and its European corporate restructuring


Publications

  • Author, “Treatment of a Hedge Fund’s Claims Against and Other Exposures to a Covered Financial Company Under the Orderly Liquidation Authority Created by the Dodd-Frank Act,” The Hedge Fund Law Report, Volume 4, Number 15, May 6, 2011
  • Co-author, “Foreign Investments in US Real Estate: Bankruptcy Aspects,” Guide to US Real Estate Investing, 2009 (with John L. Opar and Michael H. Torkin)
  • Co-author, “Show Me the Money: Another Look at Postpetition Interest in Solvent Debtor Chapter 11 Cases,” Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Volume 24, Number 2, 2008 (with Scott C. Shelley)
  • Co-author, “Termination Premiums Under ERISA Held to be Dischargeable Prepetition Claims,” The Bankruptcy Strategist, Volume 25, Number 7, May 2008 (with William J.F. Roll, III and Michael H. Torkin)
  • Co-author, “Distress Termination of Pension Plans Under ERISA: Managing the Risks Associated With Non Debtor Foreign Affiliates,” International Corporate Rescue, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2007 (with Lynette C. Kelly)
  • Author, "Third Circuit Court of Appeals Adopts Aggregate Approach in Considering Proposed Distress Termination of Multiple Pension Plans," INSOL World, First Quarter 2007


Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
District of Columbia


Courts
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York


Languages
Korean