Mr James Giddens > Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Offices
ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004-1482
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr James Giddens
Work Department
Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy (Chair).
Position
Trustee for the liquidation of MF Global, Inc. Trustee for the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, Inc. Created the Corporate Reorganization Group of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Served as Trustee for various SIPC broker-dealer liquidations. Served as SEC Restitution Fund Administrator for A.R. Baron & Co., Inc. Emphasis on acquisitions and sales of financially distressed entities and representation of major creditor constituencies. Various articles and lecturer on insolvency matters. Yale Law School Chirelstein Colloquium on Corporate Law (2014). Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Global Financial Issues – Yale Law School – (2013).
Career
Chair, Corporate Reorganization Group, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Partner since 1974. Trustee, Board of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College. Trustee, Williamstown Theater Festival, Member. Advisory Council of Austen Riggs Hospital (Stockbridge, Mass).
Languages
Spanish; French.
Memberships
American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association, Association of the Bar of City of New York, International Bar Association and INSOL.
Education
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1966 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1959.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense