Darren T. Azman is a restructuring partner in the New York office of McDermott Will & Emery and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He was lead counsel to the unsecured creditors’ committee in the first U.S. crypto chapter 11 case, Cred Inc., and is currently leading the firm’s representation of the Cred Liquidation Trust in pursuing recoveries of lost and stolen cryptocurrency around the world. Mr. Azman’s clients also include private-equity sponsors, troubled companies, official creditors’ committees, financial and strategic purchasers of distressed assets, and other constituents in connection with in-court and out-of-court restructurings. In addition, he has restructuring experience in the fields of energy, manufacturing, health care, technology, maritime and transportation and cross-border restructurings, including insolvency proceedings in Brazil, Germany, Japan and Korea. Mr. Azman acts as a trusted advisor to emerging companies by helping them navigate a wide range of business and legal issues, including capital-formation, licensing, developing and leveraging intellectual property, strategic alliances, regulatory compliance, employee and labor matters, litigation and general corporate matters. During law school, he took a leave of absence to start a health care technology company in New York, which still exists today. His clients include emerging companies in the technology, health care, energy, blockchain, cryptocurrency, telecommunications and media space. Mr. Azman was honored as a member of ABI’s 2021 class of “40 Under 40” and has been recognized in The American Lawyer as Litigator of the Week RunnerUp (February 2021), The Best Lawyers in America as one of the “Ones to Watch” for Bankruptcy and Debtor Credit Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law for 2021, and Turnarounds & Workouts as a 2021 Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer. He also was part of the team that won the ABI Asset Sales Committee’s Asset Sale of the Year for his work as lead debtor’s counsel in In re Agera Energy. Mr. Azman received his B.S. magna cum laude from Bentley University and his J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.