Colin T. West is a partner in the Financial Restructuring and Insolvency group, based in the New York office.

A bankruptcy litigator, Colin represents clients in high-stakes litigation in complex business disputes, largely arising from debtor/creditor relations. He offers our clients extensive litigation experience, with 18 years of experience practicing before bankruptcy courts throughout the US, as well as federal district and state trial courts, arbitral bodies and appellate courts.

Colin has had a leading role in some of the largest and most complex restructurings in recent history and related litigation, including Genesis Global, FTX, iHeartCommunications, Garrett Motion, Modivcare, Franchise Group, Hooters of America, Occidental Petroleum, SunEdison, Maxus Energy, GSC Group, Charter Communications, and Chrysler.

Colin also has extensive experience in non-bankruptcy matters, including representing Anthem in its lawsuit against the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the US, Express Scripts, Inc., as well as US Foodservice and Royal Ahold in a multidistrict class action litigation involving claims brought on behalf of US Foodservice's cost-plus customers seeking billions of dollars in damages.

Colin also maintains an active pro bono practice. In one high-profile matter, Colin argued and won a preliminary injunction preventing the City of New York from operating surveillance cameras in the attorney-client interview booths in a criminal courthouse. After four years of litigation, arguing in the Second Circuit, Colin successfully obtained a reversal of the district court’s decision to allow resumed monitoring with certain modifications. Following that decision and further litigation, the cameras were removed from the interview booths.