Jonathan J. Kim
[email protected]Jonathan Kim, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, has more than twenty-five years’ experience representing and advising debtors, creditors’ committees, examiners, trustees, and other key parties in numerous chapter 11 cases throughout the country, as well as out-of-court workouts, involving a wide range of industries. Jonathan has extensive experience in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, notably in plan and confirmation matters, as well as bankruptcy litigation and transactional experience. Jonathan has authored or co-authored dozens of articles and other publications on a wide range of bankruptcy topics. Jonathan holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and a JD from Harvard Law School (cum laude).
Credentials
Education
- Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1992)
- Harvard University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1995, California
Representations
- Chapter 11 debtors: Woodside Homes; Ownit Mortgage Solutions; Murray Inc.; Peregrine Systems
Publications
- The Purdue Pharma Ruling – Some Clear Rules, Some Grey Areas, and the Implications for Victims Creditor Rights Coalition, 2024
- The Texas Two-Step: A Legitimate Federal Tool to Deal With Mass-Tort Claims Advocate Magazine, May 2024
- Important Issues and Developments When Filing a Proof of Claim DailyDAC, April 7, 2022
- The Nuts & Bolts of Ipso Facto Clauses and Golden Share Arrangements That May Sidestep the Bankruptcy Code’s Prohibition DailyDAC, July 15, 2021
- Distressed Investor Considerations in E&P Oil and Gas Restructurings Practical Law, July 2020
- Navigating the Retail Apocalypse 262 New York Law Journal No. 59, September 23, 2019
- High Court Bankruptcy IP Case May Spur Rejection Litigation Law360, May 22, 2019
- The Enforceability of a Make-Whole Provision in Bankruptcy: It Says What It Says Journal of Corporate RenewalMay 9, 2017
- Navigating Corporate Bankruptcy in the Electronic Age Bankruptcy Law 360, January 15, 2015
- Potential Risks and Lessons for Debtor-Licensors in Chapter 15 Cases Based on Recent Fourth Circuit Decision International Bar Association: Insolvency and Restructuring International, September 2014
- Authored or coauthored program materials for: “The Great Debate” (ABI Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West Conference, March 2011); “Trends and Issues in Commercial Real Estate Lending Covenants and Documentation” (California Bankruptcy Forum 2011); “The Mootness Doctrine as Applied to Bankruptcy Sales” (August 2009); “Retail Debtor Cases – Recent Issues” (Bloomberg Bankruptcy Law Seminar, May 2008); “Report From the Front: Creditors Committees After BAPCPA” (ABI Mid-Atlantic Conference 2006)