Brandon R. Wood
Associate
bwood@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Capital
Biography
- Advises clients on financial restructuring matters.
Brandon is an associate in the firm’s financial restructuring practice. Brandon assists debtors, creditors and other stakeholders in complex chapter 11 bankruptcy matters and out-of-court restructurings.
Prior to joining Akin, Brandon served as a law clerk for The Honorable Sage M. Sigler of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Brandon received his J.D., with honors, from Emory University, where he served as the executive alumni editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. He received his B.A. from Emory University in political science.
Representative Work
- GenesisCare: Counsel to an ad hoc group of prepetition and DIP lenders in the chapter 11 cases of GenesisCare and its affiliates, a global health care provider specializing in cancer treatment.
- Curo Group Corp.: Counsel to the debtor, a leading consumer credit lender serving the U.S. and Canada, in its chapter 11 cases involving over $2.1 billion of debt.
EducationJ.D., Emory University School of Law, with honors, 2021
B.A., Emory University, 2018
J.D., Emory University School of Law, with honors, 2021
B.A., Emory University, 2018
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., Northern District of Georgia
U.S.B.C., Northern District of Georgia
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Georgia
District of Columbia
Georgia
Speeches and Publications
- Panelist, “Summer 2022 Bankruptcy Caselaw Update Panel,” Atlanta Bar, Bankruptcy Section, August 2022
- “Collateral Estoppel and Its Effect on Enforcing Judgements,” XLI ABI Journal 11, 18-19, 59, November 2022
- “The Pendulum of Deregulation Swings at Consumer Crypto Creditors,” XLII ABI Journal 3, 16-17, 51, March 2023
- “Good Faith is Dead, Long Live the Bankruptcy Purpose,” XLII ABI Journal 7, 34-35, 69-79, July 2023
