Norton Rose Fulbright‘s multiple offices across the US house a large team of restructuring and bankruptcy specialists. Coupled with its significant international presence, the firm is adept at both domestic and cross-border matters. It represents a range of creditors and debtors with an especially strong record in the energy sector. Healthcare, transportation, cryptocurrency and financial institutions are also key industries for the team; it represented Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) as special aircraft finance counsel in connection with the airline’s chapter 11 case. The firm is also noted for representing creditors’ committees and liquidation trusts. It has seen a further increase in bankruptcy representations before the Texas courts in the healthcare, consumer, retail and hospitality sectors. Houston’s Jason Boland is US co-head of restructuring, along with Ryan Manns in Dallas. Eric Daucher is noted for crypto cases and is New York head of restructuring, where senior name and former head of the US group Howard Seife is also based. New York’s David Rosenzweig is a leader in aviation sector restructurings.
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Key clients

  • Jackson Walker
  • John Hancock Life Insurance Company
  • Liquidation Trust of Sorrento Therapeutics
  • GoodFinch Management
  • JMB Capital Partners Lending
  • WJ Deutsche & Sons (d/b/a Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits)
  • Wells Fargo
  • Banco Modal
  • Court-Appointed Monitor of Goli Nutrition
  • M&T Bank

Work highlights

  • Acted as lead counsel to Jackson Walker in connection with its litigation across 33 cases in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Advised Mirana Corp in defense of a $1bn claw-back action filed by FTX Trading against Mirana and certain other parties related to assets withdrawn from the FTX exchange in the days before FTX filed for bankruptcy protection.
  • Advised Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) as special aircraft finance counsel in connection with its successful Chapter 11 restructuring in New York.

Lawyers

Practice head

Jason Boland; Ryan Manns; Eric Daucher

Other key lawyers

Howard Seife; David Rosenzweig