Patrick Wu
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Restructuring Litigation
- Private Capital
- Concentrates practice on corporate restructurings.
Patrick is an associate in the firm’s financial restructuring practice. His practice focuses on complex chapter 11 proceedings, bankruptcy litigation, and out-of-court restructurings. Patrick advises debtors, official and unofficial committees of unsecured creditors, debtor-in-possession lenders, and other stakeholders in bankruptcy-related matters, both domestic and internationally.
Prior to joining Akin, Patrick was an attorney for another leading global law firm in their restructuring and bankruptcy practice. He also previously served a two-year judicial clerkship for the Honorable Bill Parker, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
- Curo Group Holding 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.
- Steward Health Care: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Steward Health Care, the largest private, physician-led health care network in the U.S.
- GenesisCare: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured creditors and DIP lenders in the chapter 11 cases of GenesisCare, a global health care provider specializing in cancer treatment, involving $1.7 billion in liabilities.
LanguagesMandarin
Taiwanese
Mandarin
Taiwanese
EducationJ.D., Cornell Law School, 2018
B.A., Purdue University, 2015
J.D., Cornell Law School, 2018
B.A., Purdue University, 2015
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., Eastern District of Texas
U.S.B.C., Eastern District of Texas
Bar AdmissionsGeorgia
Texas
Georgia
Texas
- Member, Secured Finance Network.
- Member, Turnaround Management Association.
