- Representing and advising a national food distributor as a creditor in bankruptcy cases, obtaining critical vendor status and priority claim status, asserting PACA claims and rights, navigating contract assumption issues, and negotiating national distribution agreements.
- Representing and advising a national bank in negotiating merchant processing agreement rights and obligations when its clients become subject to an insolvency proceeding.
- Representing and advising a regional roofing company on a wide variety of in-house matters, including corporate financing, credit and collections, and corporate structure.
- Representing and advising official liquidators of offshore note issuers in their Chapter 15 cases and in pursuing asset recoveries.
- Representing and advising a large telecommunications provider on a wide variety of business separation and distressed-vendor/distressed-customer workouts.
- Advising multiple institutional and private investors in insolvency aspects of complex investment structures.
- Advising specialty insurers on bankruptcy related underwriting risks in mega Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented an ad hoc note holder group in prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Represented a DIP lender in placing a $15 million DIP in a telecommunications Chapter 11 proceeding.
- Represented and advised official liquidators of a Cayman feeder fund subject to SEC receivership in reaching a negotiated resolution with the SEC receiver.
Senior Associate,
- Phone: +1 404 881 7282
- Email: jacob.johnson@alston.com
Jacob uses his knowledge gained clerking in the federal bankruptcy and district courts to help his clients navigate the complex legal terrain of Chapters 7 and 11 bankruptcy filings and financial and insolvency-related litigation. Clients also turn to him to assist with out-of-court workouts and other distressed situations.