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Mr James Giddens

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Work Department

Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy

Position

Retired Partner in the New York Office

Career

James W. Giddens previously served as chair of Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy group. He is generally recognized as the country’s leading expert on brokerage firm liquidations, having been selected by the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC) to be trustee on several of the largest and most complex liquidations in history. In addition to brokerage liquidations, Jim represents financial institutions and companies in major corporate reorganization and insolvency matters.

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).

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.