Jeffrey N. Pomerantz

Jeffrey Pomerantz is a member of the firm’s management committee, a co-chair of the firm’s creditors’ committee practice, and resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and from 2016-2017 was the president of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the largest restructuring organization in the United States. Jeff’s practice includes representing companies, creditors’ committees, and private equity funds in complex financial restructurings and merger-and-acquisition transactions both in and out of court. Jeff has particular expertise in restructurings in the energy, manufacturing, restaurant, and retail sectors. He also represents private equity funds in asset-acquisition transactions. Jeff holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell‘s highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability; has been named a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights every year since 2009 in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine, an honor bestowed on only 5% of Southern California attorneys; and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Jeff has also been recognized as an outstanding lawyer by the preeminent publication Chambers USA every year since 2007. He is a graduate of New York University (1986 Phi Beta Kappa), where he also received his J.D. (1989, Order of the Coif).