Steven T. Kargman

Attorney

Current Position

Kargman Associates
500 East 77th Street
Suite 1714
New York, NY 10162
USA

Tel: 212-286-1500
Fax: 212-286-1588
Email: skargman@kargmanassociates.com

Education

Swarthmore College, B.A. (1982)
Yale Law School, J.D. (1986)
Yale Law Journal, Editor

Professional Career

President, Kargman Associates
Lead Attorney, Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Adjunct Professor, Peking University School of Transnational Law (Course on International Debt Restructuring in a Global Economy)
Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, American University (Course on International Project Finance)
General Counsel, New York State Financial Control Board
Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton
Law Clerk, Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Affiliations

International Insolvency Institute, Director (2007-)
American Bar Association: Subcommittee on International Bankruptcy, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Co-Chair (2009-); Vice-Chair (2005-09)
U.S. delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group on Insolvency Law (2003-)
Advisory Committee, Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (2007-)
Infrastructure Finance Experts Group (2006-)
INSOL International
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
American Bankruptcy Institute
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (Northeast Chapter)
American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
EMTA (formerly Emerging Market Traders Association)

Publications

Rev. of Bankrupt: Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis by Terence C. Halliday and Bruce G. Carruthers (Stanford University Press, 2009) in Insolvency and Restructuring International, International Bar Association, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 46-49 (Apr 2010) and INSOL World, p. 9 First Quarter 2010 Author
"Developing Extraordinary Restructuring Solutions in Response to the Global Financial Crisis: An Overview of a Project of the International Insolvency Institute," Norton Annual Review of International Insolvency, pp. 164-170 2010 Author
"Developing Extraordinary Restructuring Solutions to Address the Fallout in the Real Economy from the Global Financial Crisis: An Overview of a Project of the International Insolvency Institute," International Corporate Rescue, Vol. 6, Issue 5, pp. 267-269 Sep 2009 Author
"The New LatAm Restructuring Landscape," Financier Worldwide-Americas Restructuring & Insolvency 2009, pp. 8-10 Jan 2009 Author
"Restructuring in Rough Seas: An Overview of the Dynamics of Debt Restructuring," Marine Money, pp. 38-41 Jan 2009 Author
"Reforming the Process of Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Proposal for a Sovereign Debt Tribunal," paper presented to the United Nations Workshop on Debt, Finance and Emerging Issues in Financial Integration Apr 2008 Co-author
"Solving the Insolvency Puzzle," China Business Review Sep-Oct 2007 Author
"Brazil Overhauls Restructuring Regime," International Financial Law Review Jan 2006 Co-author
"Addressing Financial Distress in the Emerging Markets: An Overview of Key Concepts in Corporate and Sovereign Debt Restructurings," XXXI Course on International Law the Organization of American States (Inter-American Juridical Committee) Summer 2005 Author
"Opportunities and Pitfalls in Emerging Market Restructurings: A Strategic Perspective," The Journal of Private Equity--Special Turnaround Management Issue Spring 2005 Author
"Negotiating Emerging Market Debt Restructurings: Recognizing the Warning Signs of a Non-Cooperative Debtor," The Journal of Private Equity Summer 2004 Author
"Tackling Restructuring in Emerging Markets (Part III)," International Financial Law Review Aug 2003 Author
"Tackling Restructuring in Emerging Markets (Part II)," International Financial Law Review Jul 2003 Author
"Project Finance Restructurings and Corporate Debt Restructurings in the Emerging Markets: A Comparative Overview," The Journal of Structured and Project Finance Winter 2003 Author
"How to Tackle Debt Restructurings in the Emerging Markets" International Financial Law Review Dec 2002 Author
"Restructuring Troubled Power Projects in the Emerging Markets: An Overview of Key Negotiating Dynamics," The Journal of Structured and Project Finance Summer 2002 Author
"Restructuring: A How-To Guide," The International Economy Nov/Dec 2001 Author

Awards

Luce Scholar, (1982-83)