Christina M. Brown is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Christina represents a diverse array of parties in bankruptcy and insolvency related matters, financings, debt exchanges, and in-court and out-of-court restructurings. In 2023, she was recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Her representative matters include representation of:

• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders in the chapter 11 proceedings of Skillsoft, a global ed-tech company with over $2 billion in funded debt
• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders in connection with the bridge financing and in-court restructuring of NPC, the largest franchisee company in the United States
• An ad hoc group of secured lenders in the out-of-court restructuring of David’s Bridal, the nation’s largest bridal-store chain
• An ad hoc group of senior noteholders of Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V. in the chapter 11 cases of Aeroméxico, Mexico’s flagship airline*
• Lukoil in its acquisition of Fieldwood Energy’s Mexican business*
• GTT Communications, a global internet service provider with over $2 billion in funded debt, in its prepackaged chapter 11 proceedings*
• Takata, a Japan-based automotive parts supplier subject to massive mass tort liabilities and other creditor claims, in its global restructuring, including the chapter 11 cases of its U.S. and Mexican entities and the ultimate $1.6 billion sale to Key Safety Systems*
• CHC Group Ltd., one of the largest global commercial helicopter service companies in the world, in its chapter 11 restructuring of approximately $3.1 billion of liabilities and new capital raise of approximately $300 million*

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Christina was counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in the firm’s New York office where she was a member of the Financial Restructuring Group. She previously practiced in the Restructuring Group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Christina received her B.S. in Engineering and Architectural Design from Stanford University in 2007 and her J.D. and LL.M. from Duke University in 2012. Prior to entering the legal profession, she worked as a transportation engineer in the Los Angeles area.

She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

*Includes representations prior to her association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.