Corinne Ball has 40 years of business finance and restructuring experience, focusing on complex business reorganizations and acquisitions from distressed companies, both in and out of court resolutions, including matters involving multijurisdictional enterprises. Her success is noted by many, including Chambers (Band 1/"Senior Statesperson").
Corinne's innovation yielded success for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, its 135 parishes, and its 6 solvent third-party insurers, achieving a global resolution with hundreds of sex abuse claimants, relying on prepackaged bankruptcy cases to garner releases post-Purdue. Corinne charted the course for Oncor, among the largest transmission and distribution utilities in the country, through Energy Future Holdings' (EFH) bankruptcy auction of its 80% equity interest in Oncor, gaining the benefit of a ring-fencing regulatory order enhancing Oncor's investment profile while protecting against the financial and other activities of its new equity holder. During the pandemic, Corinne counseled companies through government restrictions and programs, notably for not-for-profits and senior housing operators. Other notable successes include the reorganizations of the City of Detroit, Chrysler, Metaldyne, US Manufacturing, Dana, Kaiser, the Williams Companies, FGIC, and Oi and counseling Continental Airlines as well as lenders in municipal infrastructure investments in Houston Sports Authority, Jefferson Country, National Portuguese Railway, and Loy Yang B. (Victoria Australia), among others. Corinne worked on rescue investing for WL Ross, building International Steel Group, International Coal Group, International Automobile Corp, as well as rescue investing as in Northern Trust, each advancing her prior experiences representing the City of New York, Drexel Burnham, McLouth Steel, Allegheny Steel, among others.
Experience
Additional Publications
- February 24, 2011
Decision Should Promote Robust Bankruptcy Negotiation, New York Law Journal - December 23, 2010
Denial of Creditor Standing May Have Limited Impact, New York Law Journal - August 26, 2010
Auction Enhances Value in Baseball Bankruptcy, New York Law Journal - April 22, 2010
Circuit Ruling Broadens Scope of Statutory Mootness, New York Law Journal - February 25, 2010
Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, New York Law Journal - December 2009
Extraordinary Year for BRR, New York Law Journal - October 22, 2009
Bankruptcy Judge Adopts Enterprise Approach to REITs, New York Law Journal, Corporate Update - October 22, 2009
Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, New York Law Journal - 2009
Advice for Corporate Directors, Mergers and Acquisitions 2010: Trends and Developments, Practising L. Institute - 2003
Bidding Procedures and Sale Orders: The Keys to Distress M&A, American Law Institute-American Bar Association Publication (SJ025 ALI-ABA 411)
Additional Speaking Engagements
- April 29, 2015
Turmoil in the Oil Patch: Risks and Opportunities for Oil & Gas Investors and Companies - April 27-28, 2015
PLI's Bankruptcy & Reorganizations 2015: Current Developments - January 16-17, 2014
PLI's Mergers & Acquisitions 2014: Trends and Developments - April 29-30, 2013
PLI’s Bankruptcy & Reorganizations 2013: Current Developments - January 17-18, 2013
PLI’s Mergers & Acquisitions 2013: Trends and Development - July 25, 2012
Jones Day: Global Viewpoints - April 12-13, 2012
PLI’s Bankruptcy & Reorganization 2012: Current Developments - January 5-6, 2012
PLI’s Mergers and Acquisitions 2012: Trends and Development - April 14-15, 2011
PLI’s Bankruptcy and Reorganizations: Current Developments 2011 - January 10-11, 2011
PLI’s Mergers & Acquisitions 2011: Trends and Developments - April 19-20, 2010
Bankruptcy & Reorganizations: Current Developments 2010 - February 2, 2010
Doing Distressed Deals: Outlook for 2010 and Welcome Reception for New West Coast Restructuring Members - January 11-12, 2010
Mergers & Acquisitions 2010: Trends and Developments - October 6-8, 2009
Chrysler Restructuring Roadshow - April 20-21, 2009
31st Annual Current Developments in Bankruptcy & Reorganization - January 28, 2009
Institutional Investor Summit 2009 - January 22-23, 2009
Mergers & Acquisitions 2009: Trends and Developments - November 18, 2008
The Subprime Crisis: Restructuring in the Financial Sector and Securities Litigation in the United States and Europe - April 7-8, 2008
30th Annual Current Developments in Bankruptcy & Reorganization - January 24, 2008
2008 TMA Distressed Investing Conference - January 22-23, 2008
Mergers & Acquisitions 2008: Trends and Developments - September 18-20, 2007
Automotive Industry Restructuring Finance Summit - January 22-23, 2007
A Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions, Practising Law institute - November 3, 2006
Debtor-in-Possession Financing in the Auto Industry: Global Sourcing, 'Just in Time' Inventory and OEM Customers, moderator, 80th Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges - September 15, 2006
Buying a Distressed or Bankrupt Company, 22nd Annual Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, American Law Institute and American Bar Association - April 6, 2006
Negotiating Cash Collateral Orders in the Era of Ad Hoc Committees, American Bar Assn. - January 23, 2006
Advising the Board of Directors in the Context of Mergers & Acquisitions, Practising Law Institute seminar - September 15-16, 2005
Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, 21st Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study - May 9, 2005
Can They Really Do That??? The Enforceability and Protection of NOL Injunctions and Third Party Releases in Reorganization Plans - March 4, 2005
Buying a Distressed or Bankrupt Company - January 11, 2005
Advising the Board of Directors - April 21, 2004
Distress Investing and Developments in Corporate Restructuring in the United States and Europe - April 16, 2004
The Relationship between Turnaround Management and Corporate Governance of a Chapter 11 Debtor and Asset Sales under Section 363 versus Sales under a Chapter 11 Plan - March 4, 2004
Buying a Distressed or Bankrupt Company - January 12, 2004
A Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions 2004 - December 4-5, 2003
Critical Vendor Motions in the Aftermath of the Kmart Decision - November 7, 2003
Distressed M&A Restructuring - October 11, 2003
The Legal Landscape: Hot Topics and Current Trends in Restructuring and Bankruptcy - September 19, 2003
The New Enterprise Act: Has the UK finally embraced Chapter 11? - October 2002
INSOL Annual Conference - Asia Pacific Rim
- The George Washington University (J.D. with honors 1978); Williams College (B.A. magna cum laude 1975; Phi Beta Kappa)
- New York, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Sixth Circuits, and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and Eastern District of Michigan
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2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Law Journal
2016 Winner, G.W. University Distinguished Alumni Award
2015 Winner, St. Francis Service Award for her work with Catholic Charities of New York, where she serves as a trustee for the Cardinals Committee on Charity
M&A Advisor: Hall of Fame member and Leadership Award winner; 2013 Winner, Outstanding Achievements in Restructuring
2012 Winner, "Woman of the Year in Restructuring," IWIRC
2011 Human Relations Award, Anti-Defamation League
Repeatedly recognized in:
Chambers Global and Chambers USA (leader, tier one)
K&A Restructuring Register
Legal 500 US
Best Lawyers in America (since 1995)
Super Lawyers: "Top 50 Women Lawyers in NY" (since 2007) and "Top 100"
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
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