Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Patrick J. Trostle has joined the firm’s New York office as the head of the Distressed Debt and Special Situations Fund Group and as a partner in the firm’s Global Energy Practice Group. Mr. Trostle’s arrival strengthens the firm’s restructuring and distressed-debt capabilities in the Energy Practice Group on the East Coast, complements teams in Texas and Europe, and will serve clients on a global scale. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Patrick was a partner in the Business Reorganization, Bankruptcy, and Creditors’ Rights group of Moses & Singer LLP, a New York-based firm, where he also served as the chair of the High Yield, Distressed Debt, and Special Situations Fund group. 

“We are excited to welcome Patrick to the firm and our New York office,” said Mark D. Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “Patrick’s deep experience and growing international client roster are a great fit for our global practice and will further strengthen our restructuring and bankruptcy team.”

“Our clients in the global energy markets have a variety of needs that often intersect with bankruptcy and restructuring, and Patrick’s knowledge in the field will help the firm to continue to meet those needs in what is a growing practice area for us,” added Lino Mendiola, Co-Head of Global Energy at Eversheds Sutherland.

“We are able to support Patrick’s clients with the extensive global footprint they are seeking,” said Bankruptcy Partner Mark D. Sherrill who will be working closely with Mr. Trostle. “We are thrilled that he’s joining the firm and will anchor our restructuring practice in New York.”

Mr. Trostle is a New York attorney with more than 25 years of experience representing clients in a wide variety of bankruptcy, restructuring, litigation, compliance, and transactional matters.

He has represented debtors and official creditors’ committees in numerous cross-border cases, as well as investment funds, derivatives counterparties, insurance companies, banks, multinational corporations, trustees, and court-appointed examiners in many of the largest insolvency cases ever filed.

He has served as appellate counsel in several bankruptcy cases before the US Supreme Court and testified as an expert witness on New York law in an Australian administration proceeding. Mr. Trostle’s pro bono work in developing the largest grid-connected solar energy project in east Africa has received awards from The Financial Times and The American Lawyer, among others in the press.

Prior to Moses & Singer, he was a partner in an international firm where he was the chair of the New York Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice. He began his career in private practice as an associate in the Bankruptcy and Corporate departments of a top global firm, following a clerkship in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.