Scott L. Alberino
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Bioenergy
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Oil & Gas
- Infrastructure & Transportation
- Special Situations
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Oilfield Services
- Film, Television & Digital Media
- Renewable Energy
- Private Capital
- Focuses on corporate restructuring matters and distressed transactions.
- Guides companies and creditors through evaluating, structuring and implementing in-court and of out-of-court restructuring strategies.
- Experience spans a variety of industries and jurisdictions and includes cross-border reorganizations.
Scott Alberino represents debtors, official creditor committees, informal creditor groups, equity holders, and other stakeholders in all aspects of corporate liability management, restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. He regularly advises boards of directors of public and private companies on issues facing financially distressed companies, including fiduciary duties, corporate governance and executive compensation. Scott also regularly represents private equity funds, hedge funds and other financial institutions that are acquiring control positions in financially distressed companies and in structuring debtor in possession (DIP) and exit financing.
Scott’s clients include:
- Public and private distressed companies
- Informal creditor groups
- Official creditor committees
- Providers of DIP and exit financing
- Acquirers of distressed assets
- Significant stakeholders.
Scott is regarded as a skilled tactician and strategist who has guided clients through in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Clients describe him as a “super-intelligent lawyer who is pragmatic in negotiations” and “makes an effective mediator in tense situations with a variety of competing interests."
- Diamond Sports: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Diamond Sports Group and its affiliates, an operator of regional sports broadcast networks for more than 40 teams across Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), involving more than $8 billion in liabilities.
- Enviva: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Enviva, the world’s largest wood-based biomass company, involving over $2 billion in liabilities.
- Mobileum: Counsel to an ad hoc group of crossover lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Mobileum, a leading provider of analytics solutions for the telecommunications industry, involving $625 million in liabilities.
- Benefytt Technologies: Counsel to an ad hoc term lender group in the chapter 11 cases of Benefytt Technologies, a health insurance distributor, involving over $600 million in liabilities.
- Intelsat: Counsel to an ad hoc group of creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Intelsat and its affiliates, one of the largest satellite services providers in the world, involving $14.7 billion in liabilities. Restructuring of the Year – Over $10B (M&A Advisor)
- Talen Energy: Counsel to an ad hoc group of first lien creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Talen Energy and its affiliates, one of the largest power generation and infrastructure companies in North America, involving $4.455 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Yak Access: Counsel to an ad hoc group of existing first lien term loan lenders in the completion of a major recapitalization of Yak Access, a leading provider of temporary access roads and related services, led by its principal equity holder, Platinum Equity.
EducationJ.D., Emory University School of Law, with honors, 2000
B.A., Boston College, 1997
J.D., Emory University School of Law, with honors, 2000
B.A., Boston College, 1997
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., Northern District of Georgia
U.S.B.C., Northern District of Georgia
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
District of Columbia
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2011 - 2024.
- The Legal 500 US, Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Corporate, 2016 - 2020 and 2023 - 2024.
- Turnarounds and Workouts, Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers, 2020.
- Turnarounds and Workouts, Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers, 2014.
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute.
- Member, Turnaround Management Association.