Jeffrey H. Davidson

Mr. Davidson has a national practice involving bankruptcy reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, distressed debt, and analysis of complex corporate finance transactions.  He has frequently served as lead counsel representing both public and private business entities in a variety of industries.  Mr. Davidson commonly represents hedge funds, private equity funds, and other significant holders of securities in connection with complex chapter 11 reorganizations and liability management exercises, and has handled many insolvency-related sales and acquisitions.

He is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, of which he is a former member of its Board of Directors, its Board of Regents, and its Nominating Committee; a former chair of its Ninth Circuit Council; and a former chair of its Ninth Circuit Educational Programs Committee.  Mr. Davidson was named a “Lawyer of the Year” for “Litigation – Bankruptcy” in both the 30th and 21st editions of Best Lawyers in America, and a “Lawyer of the Year” for “Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law” in the 20th edition, and has been listed by Best Lawyers in America every year since 2001.  He has also been named by Chambers USA in the practice area of Bankruptcy / Restructuring; by The Lawdragon's list of the 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers; and by Southern California Superlawyers in the practice area of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights every year since 2004.  He is a former chair of the California State Bar Commercial Law Committee; former treasurer and former member of the Executive Committee of the California State Bar Business Law Section; former chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section and former chair of its Bankruptcy Committee; and former president of the Financial Lawyers Conference and present member of its Board of Governors.

Mr. Davidson has published and lectured on a variety of bankruptcy-related and commercial law topics.  For several years he has presented annual bankruptcy update programs for the Financial Lawyers Conference, for the Bankruptcy Section of the New Mexico State Bar, and previously for the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California.  He has also presented various commercial law and bankruptcy law educational programs for ALI-ABA, ALI CLE, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, California Continuing Education of the Bar, Renaissance American Management, Beard Group, and Turnaround Management Association.

Mr. Davidson received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his B.A., cum laude, from Harvard College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to practice in California and resident in our Los Angeles office.

Representations

Chapter 11 debtors:  Mariner Post-Acute Network, Barry's Jewelers, Castle Entertainment, Lamont's Apparel, La Vida Llena

Debtholders:  Caesars Entertainment, CIT Group, Claire’s, Community Health, Delphi, Delta Airlines, Denbury, Dynegy, Edison Mission Energy, Endo, Enron, Envision, FNMA, Frontier, iHeart, Hertz, Illuminations, JCPenney, Lehman Brothers, MF Global, Mallinckrodt, Momentive, Neiman Marcus, Noble Group, Nortel, Peabody, PetSmart, PG&E, Proteus, Puerto Rico, Refco, Relativity, Residential Capital, Rite Aid, Scotia Pacific, Seadrill, Sears, Talen, Telesat, TOUSA, Toys-r-Us, Travelport, TXU, Unilife, Ultra, Weatherford, Westinghouse, WeWork, Windstream, Xtant, Zohar.

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
• Former Member, American College of Bankruptcy Board of Directors
• Former Member, American College of Bankruptcy Board of Regents
• Former Member, American College of Bankruptcy Nominating Committee
• Former Chair, American College of Bankruptcy Ninth Circuit Council
• Former Chair, American College of Bankruptcy Ninth Circuit Educational Programs Committee
• Former President & Present Board of Governors Member, Financial Lawyers Conference
• Former Treasurer and Former Member of Executive Committee, State Bar of California Business Law Section
• Former Chair, State Bar of California Uniform Commercial Code Committee
• Former Chair, Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section
• Former Chair, Los Angeles County Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee
• Member, American Bar Association Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee
• Member, American Bar Association Business Law Section UCC Committee
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute Business Reorganization Committee
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute Healthcare Committee
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute Uniform Commercial Code Committee

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