Ben is a bankruptcy litigation and corporate restructuring veteran with global experience in bankruptcy litigation, financial distress, and special situation trading and investing. His career has been a combination of national law practice, investment banking, and institutional equity and credit investments.
Early in his career, Ben served as lead counsel to multiple official committees in public company restructuring matters, including the Chapter 11 cases of Continental Airlines, America West Airlines, and El Paso Electric Company. Later, he joined Salomon Brothers (now Citigroup) as a managing director, and after that he managed workouts and litigation for a global hedge fund.
His background in structured finance led to his managing institutional film funds and receiving executive producing credits for over 40 major motion pictures.
Ben served as an expert financial and industry adviser to the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. v. Wolf of Wall Street Motion Picture, et. al., which involved the theft of billions of dollars of sovereign wealth in Malaysia known as the “1MDB scandal”.
In the area of crisis management and corporate governance, he served as Chief Restructuring Officer and turnaround CEO for NanoMech, Inc., where he led the company through a sale as a going concern in its Delaware Chapter 11 case. That case also involved the investigation and settlement of claims against former officers and directors.
Currently, Ben is focused on investigations and litigation arising out of insolvency matters and disputes in the media and entertainment and gaming sectors, as well as other business and contractual disputes. While at Boies Schiller, his engagements have included large equity investors and institutional credit funds in insolvency matters and lender liability matters.