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CHRISTINA PULLO 

212-257-5446 (work), 917-689-3073 (cell) • cpullo@primeclerk.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Prime Clerk LLC, New York, NY 

Vice President, Global Corporate Actions, January 2014 – Present 

 Recognized as one of the few restructuring experts in the public securities and solicitation fields

 Manage largest, most experienced team in bankruptcy claims, noticing and solicitation industry

 Assist clients with complex claims and securities noticing and balloting, prepackaged plan

solicitations, out-of-court restructurings, and corporate events such as rights offerings, tender offers

and treatment elections

 Supervise and coordinate bankruptcy plan and other distributions to public and private securities

 Work closely with DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream and other major clearing banks on issues relating to

voting, elections, subscriptions and other offers

 Certify official ballot results in support of chapter 11 plans and testifies in Court regarding balloting

results

Non-exhaustive list of notable cases managed include: Weatherford, Bristow, Hexion, Seadrill, iHeart 

Media, Claire’s, TK Holdings (Takata), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Caesars Entertainment Operating 

Company, Avaya, Breitburn Energy, GulfMark Offshore, Gymboree, SandRidge Energy, Fairway Group, 

Linn Energy, Seventy-Seven Energy, SunEdison and Vanguard Natural Resources, Abengoa/Abeinsa, Allied 

Nevada, Breitburn, Light Tower Rentals, Seventy-Seven Energy, Patriot Coal, SunEdison, Trump 

Entertainment Resorts, Ultrapetrol (Bahamas); Verso, Hercules Offshore (both chapter 11 filings); 

MolyCorp.; Magnum Hunter; Arch Coal; Miller Energy Resources; Altegrity, Inc.; NII Holdings, Inc.; 

Global Geophysical Services; and Dendreon Corporation. 

Epiq Systems Inc., New York, NY 

Vice President, Co-Head of Public Securities and Solicitation, May 2009 – May 2012 

 Led teams in noticing and balloting holders of domestic and international public securities, as well as

non-securities claims and bank debt and coordinated bankruptcy plan and other distributions

 Assisted clients with prepackaged bankruptcy solicitations, rights offerings, subscriptions and other

corporate restructuring events (inside and outside of bankruptcy)

 Drafted and filed affidavits of service and certifications for plan and proxy votes

 Testified before the Court regarding solicitation, balloting, and plan tabulation

 Served as primary contact for case professionals including the debtor’s bankruptcy counsel, M&A

counsel, and corporate counsel

Non-exhaustive list of notable cases managed include: Lehman Brothers; Tribune; General Motors; Dynegy; 

Dex One; Supermedia; Sbarro and Hawker Beechcraft. 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY 

Associate - Business, Finance & Restructuring Group, September 2003 – May 2009 

Summer Associate - Business, Finance & Restructuring Group, Summer 2002

 Involved in all aspects of sophisticated restructuring practice

 Drafted motions, briefs and various other pleadings in primarily debtor-related Chapter 11 cases

including preparing petitions, schedules, retention papers, various applications, stipulations and

orders, and discovery requests and responses

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 Prepared for court hearings

 Reviewed and analyzed contracts including, but not limited to commercial leases, financing

agreements, collective bargaining agreements and employment contracts

 Analyzed corporate transactions, governance issues and business operations

 Researched bankruptcy related and corporate issues

 Participated in client meetings; participated in negotiations with secured lenders, unsecured and

landlords creditors

 Extensive experience with creditor communications; participated in recruiting and business

development efforts

Chief Judge Edward R. Korman, U.S. Dist. Ct., EDNY, Brooklyn, NY 

Summer Law Clerk, 2001 

 Drafted bench memoranda and response to motions; conducted extensive research on civil and

criminal matters, including fraudulent lending practices and prison transfers

 Observed status conferences and trial proceedings

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ACCOLADES 

 Member of SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association)

 Member of DTC’s Asset Service Advisory Board

 IWIRC NY (Board Member, Secretary, 2013-2019)

 Recipient of 2016 M&A Advisors 7th Annual Emerging Leaders Award

 Named in Turnaround & Workouts - “People to Watch – 2013, Business Professionals Making Their

Mark”

EDUCATION

Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY 

Juris Doctor, May 2003 

Honors: Fordham Law Review 

Legal Writing Teaching Assistant 

Columbia College at Columbia University, New York, NY 

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 2000 

Honors: cum laude 

Dean’s List 

PUBLICATIONS 

“Rights Offering Solicitation Checklist” by Christina Pullo, Prime Clerk LLC, with Practical Law 

Bankruptcy & Restructuring (published Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Nov. 2019) 

“Out-of-Court Restructuring Solicitation Checklist” by Christina Pullo, Prime Clerk LLC, with Practical 

Law Bankruptcy & Restructuring (published Thomson Reuters Practical Law, June 2018) 

“Undertaking a Prepackaged Plan Solicitation” by Christina Pullo, Prime Clerk LLC, with Practical Law 

Bankruptcy & Restructuring (published Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Dec. 2018) 

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“I surrender!” Public Securities Considerations Relating to Surrender and Record Date Events” by 

Christina Pullo & Jane Sullivan – featured in the Contributor’s Corner section of the Weil, Gotshal & 

Manges Bankruptcy Blog (July 20, 2011). 

“Prepackaged Chapter 11 Case Considerations and Techniques” by Marcia L. Goldstein, Michael F. Walsh 

and Christina Pullo – published in Reorganizing Failing Businesses (Rev. Ed. 2006). 

“Ninth Circuit Follows First Circuit’s Lead and Grants Retroaction Lease Rejection” by Christina Pullo – 

published in the Summer 2005 edition of The Real Estate Finance Journal and in the March 2005 edition of 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Bankruptcy Bulletin. 

NOTABLE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 

 Speaker at 2018 SIFMA Global Corporate Actions Form (October 2018) – “Transfer

Agents/Administrators, Brokers and DTCC – Life Cycle”

 Speaker at 2019 SIFMA Global Corporate Actions Form (October 2019) - “Bankruptcy: Navigating

Complexities and Best Practices”

 Speaker at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP’s Corporate Trust/Distressed Investing Roundtable

(April 2019) - “The Nuts & Bolts of the Depository Trust Company: Discussion of the Customary

Practices and Procedures of DTC in Connection with Corporate Action Events and Distributions”

 Speaker at 2018 American Bankruptcy Institute Professional Development Conference (November

2018) - “The Ins and Outs of Plan Solicitation”

ADMISSIONS 

New York; Southern District of New York 

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