Ligee Gu is of counsel to the firm and has been practicing since 2010. Ms. Gu’s bankruptcy practice includes representing debtors, committees of unsecured creditors, individual creditors, post-confirmation trustees, and estate representatives. Ms. Gu has extensive experience representing estate fiduciaries and creditors relating to asset sales, claims administration and procedures, preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, and other estate recovery matters.  Ms. Gu also has extensive experience in commercial litigation matters in and out of bankruptcy cases, including cases involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, insurance coverage litigation as well as enforcing and collecting on judgments.

 

Representative bankruptcy trust and litigation matters include: Green Field Energy Services, Inc. (fracking company); Eastman Kodak Company (phogtographic film products); M&G USA Corporation (resins plant); Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (opioid manufacturer); Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retailer); Senior Care Centers, LLC (nursing homes); Miami Metals I, Inc. (precious metal refiner); AWI Delaware, Inc. (supermarkets); Enjoy Technology, Inc. (mobile retail); Novan Inc. (pharmaceuticals); Cyxtera Technnologies, Inc. (global center data provider); School Specialty, Inc. (educational products),  Fedders North America, Inc. (air conditioner manufacturer), Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Inc.(youth organization)l; Hebrew Hospital Home of Westchester, Inc.(nursing home).

 

Representative debtor and committee cases include: Salander O’ Reilly Galleries (art gallery); Petrorig I Pte Ltd., et al., (oil/energy); Vann’s Electronics (electronics and appliance retailer); Shapes/Arch Holdings, LLC (building products) ; Word World (children’s programming); Partsearch Technologies (electronic parts); Bruschwig & Fils (luxury home products); Woodley & Bunny (beauty); Starworks, LLC (fashion talent and creative agency); JewelAmerica (jewelry); Last Mile Communications (telecommunications).

 

Ms. Gu received her B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, & Law and History, with a minor in Economics at Binghamton University in 2007. She received her Juris Doctorate from New England Law-Boston in 2010.

 

Ms. Gu is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, including the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York. She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, and Turnaround Management Association. In addition, Ms. Gu served as a former officer of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), and co-founded AABANY’s Commercial Bankruptcy & Restructuring Committee.