Brooks K. Barker, Counsel, Financial Restructuring

Brooks K. Barker

Counsel

Areas of Focus

Brooks K. Barker, Counsel, Financial Restructuring

Brooks K. Barker

Counsel

bbarker@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography

Brooks Barker focuses on debtors' and creditors' rights and corporate restructurings. He represents debtors, creditors, official and unofficial committees, bondholders and third parties in both in-court and out-of-court proceedings.

Prior to joining Akin, Brooks was an associate at a leading international law firm.

Brooks received his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from the University of West Florida.

Representative Work
  • Rite Aid: Counsel to the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Rite Aid Corporation, a Fortune 500 public company and one of America's largest drugstore chains.
  • Purdue Pharma: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Purdue Pharma and its affiliates, the privately held pharmaceutical company and maker of OxyContin, involving over a trillion dollars of asserted claims.
  • Alex Jones: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, on a pro bono basis, in the chapter 11 case of right-wing media personality Alex Jones, which was commenced following the entry of more than $1.5 billion in state court judgments against Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, as a result of Jones’s defamatory comments regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
  • Endo International: Counsel to the Official Committee of Opioid Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Endo International and its affiliates, an American-Irish generics and specialty branded pharmaceutical company, involving hundreds of billions of dollars of asserted claims.
  • Mallinckrodt: Counsel to the Official Committee of Opioid Related Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Mallinckrodt and its affiliates, an American-Irish pharmaceuticals company, involving hundreds of billions of dollars of asserted claims. Restructuring of the Year (The Deal)
  • Insys Therapeutics: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Insys Therapeutics and its affiliates, an American specialty pharmaceutical company, involving nearly $1 billion in liabilities.
  • Constellis: Counsel to Constellis, a leading provider of risk management, security and global operational support services, in an out-of-court restructuring of $1.4 billion in liabilities.
  • Payless: Counsel to the company, an international shoe retailer, in its chapter 11 restructuring of $435 million in liabilities. Retail Services Restructuring of the Year (Turnaround Atlas Awards)

Education
  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2017

  • B.A., University of West Florida, 2010

Bar Admissions
  • New York

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