As a partner in Davis Polk’s Litigation Department, Mr. Kaminetzky divides his time between bankruptcy litigation and complex commercial litigation. He has represented financial institutions and large corporations, such as Morgan Stanley, in commercial litigation, and major lenders and creditors, such as Citi, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Bank Leumi in some of their most complex bankruptcies and reorganizations.
As one of the most experienced and accomplished bankruptcy litigators in the country, Mr. Kaminetzky has been at the forefront of some of the most important complex bankruptcy trials around the country involving leveraged buyouts, labor and pension disputes, fraudulent transfers and preferences. He was the lead litigator in multi-week bankruptcy trials alleging fraudulent transfers in the LBO context in Chapter 11 proceedings of LyondellBasell and Tribune, and in contentious litigations and trials for Debtors Patriot Coal, Frontier Airlines and Delta Air Lines and in a $2 billion contractual dispute relating to the Peabody Coal bankruptcy in St. Louis.
In his commercial practice, Mr. Kaminetzky has represented both foreign and domestic entities in federal and state cases around the country as well as ICC, AAA and FINRA arbitrations. He recently achieved complete dismissal (affirmed on appeal) for Morgan Stanley related to a Latin American telecommunications consortium in a case seeking over $1 billion in damages. He also publishes on litigation involving complex valuation and insolvency issues.
