Thomas Kreller is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group. He joined the firm in 1997 and has been a partner since 2001.
Primary Focus & Experience
Mr. Kreller focuses on bankruptcy and corporate reorganization law and has represented debtors, lenders, equity holders, committees and acquirors in bankruptcy cases, loan restructurings and out-of-court workouts.
Mr. Kreller’s significant creditor representations have included: senior lender steering committees in the restructurings of Centaur Gaming, Herbst Gaming and EH/Transeastern LLC; ad hoc bondholder committees in the restructurings of Nortel Networks Inc., Trump Casino Holdings, Brown Jordan International, Falcon Products, Nextel International, Jackson Products and Knology; Cerberus Capital Management, in its capacity as co-chair of the creditors committee in the WorldCom chapter 11 case and in connection with its acquisition of General Motors Acceptance Corp. and its potential acquisition of Delphi Corp.; UBS, as agent for first and second lien lenders to Nellson Nutraceuticals, The Anschutz Corporation and Oaktree Capital Management as acquirors in the Regal Cinemas and Edwards Theatres chapter 11 cases; Oaktree Capital Management in its capacity a chair of the creditors committee for, and the acquiror of, Classic Communications in its Chapter 11 case; and QUALCOMM in its capacity as creditor and/or potential acquiror in a number of restructuring matters. Mr. Kreller has also represented the official creditors committees in the EaglePicher, National Equipment Services, Inc, McLeodUSA, DIVA Systems, Sun World International, Assisted Living Concepts and GST Telecommunications chapter 11 cases.
Mr. Kreller’s significant debtor representations have included: Station Casinos Inc., MacGregor Golf, American Restaurant Group, Bugle Boy Industries, MedPartners Provider Network, Meris Laboratories, Bumble Bee Seafoods, Decorative Home Accents, First Capital Holdings, Maguire Thomas Partners, Merisel, Taxi Systems, Inc., Liquor Barn and Standard Brands Paint Company.
Recognition & Accomplishments
He has been listed as one of the leading lawyers in the nation by various publications including Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America. He has also been recognized as a Rising Star (2004) and a Southern California Super lawyer since 2006 by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine.