Harold A. Olsen practices in the areas of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring. He has represented lenders, bondholders, counterparties and other creditors in numerous bankruptcy cases, including Enron, WorldCom, Calpine, National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc., Asarco, US Airways, TWA, SemCrude L.P. and Lehman Brothers, as well as official and unofficial creditors’ committees. His debtor representations have included Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Planet Hollywood International, Inc. In addition, Mr. Olsen regularly advises clients in commodity hedging, structured finance and real estate transactions.

Before joining Stroock, Mr. Olsen served as law clerk to the Honorable Stuart M. Bernstein, United States Bankruptcy Judge (and now Chief Judge) of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Activities

Co-author: Derivatives Trading Orders: Protecting the Debtor’s Trading Business from Bankruptcy Termination, Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions, July/August 2006; Section 546(e): Fifteen Years After Kaiser Steel, Still Open to Interpretation, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, June 2006; NOLs: The Policy Conflicts Created by Trading Orders, Commercial Lending Review, May-June 2005; Derivatives Provisions Of The Bankruptcy Act Of 2005, Derivatives: Financial Products Report, June 2005; Appellate Court Weighs in on Mirant, Journal of Corporate Renewal, December 2004; WARNing: Shareholders May Be Liable for Violating Act, Journal of Corporate Renewal, August 2004; Electricity Regulation Outshines Debtor's Contract Rejection Rights, Journal of Corporate Renewal, April 2004

Admitted to Practice

Connecticut, 1997; New York, 1998; United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2006

Education

J.D., summa cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, 1997

B.A., Connecticut College, 1987