Jonathan Koevary is an associate in the Business Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. He has a broad range of experience representing creditors, debtors and investors in chapter 11 and restructuring matters, representing parties in bankruptcy-related lawsuits and representing asset purchasers in distressed asset and M&A transactions. In addition to representing parties-in-interest in all aspects of out-of-court and in-court restructurings, Mr. Koevary's practice includes providing company and credit-specific legal analysis to distressed investors and providing transactional advice to businesses dealing with distressed entities.
Mr. Koevary has represented official and unofficial creditors' committees in connection with Dana Corporation, Adelphia Communications Corporation, Young Broadcasting, Inc., Quebecor World, Inc. and LNR Property LLC. He has represented the W.R. Grace & Company equity committee. In addition, Mr. Koevary has represented creditors in the Chrysler, General Motors, American Airlines and Enron chapter 11 proceedings, AbitibiBowater et al. as debtors in their successful multinational bankruptcy reorganizations and numerous purchasers of distressed assets in section 363 and plan sales, including the lead purchaser of the largest patent portfolio ever sold at auction. Mr. Koevary also represented the largest group of clawback defendants in the Bayou fraud adversary proceedings.
Previously, Mr. Koevary practiced in the bankruptcy and restructuring groups of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
Representative Matters
ˇ Representation of AbitibiBowater, Inc. et al. in their chapter 11 proceedings.
ˇ Representation of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Young Broadcasting Inc. et al.
ˇ Representation of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Dana Corporation et al.
ˇ Representation of nationally recognized auto rental company as claimant in the General Motors and Chrysler chapter 11 proceedings.
ˇ Representation of lead joint venture in its chapter 11 purchase of Nortel Networks' $4.5 billion patent portfolio.
ˇ Representation of investment bank as third party witness in Lehman Brothers chapter 11 proceedings.
ˇ Representation of aircraft lessor in American Airlines chapter 11 proceedings.
ˇ Representation of lender agent and steering committee of LNR Property LLC through out of court workout.
ˇ Representation of chapter 11 ad hoc noteholder committee of Quebecor World, Inc., et al.
ˇ Representation of largest group of Bayou fraudulent conveyance action defendants.
ˇ Representation of FrontierVision noteholder committee in the Adelphia Communication Corporation chapter 11 proceedings.
ˇ Representation of Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc. et al. in their chapter 11 proceedings.
ˇ Representation of Official Committee of Equity Security Holders in W.R. Grace and Company et al.
My Articles / Lectures
March 2012
Co-Author, Client Alert, Buyer Beward: Bankruptcy Court Rules That A Non-Collusive Foreclosure Sale May Be A Bankruptcy "Preference", March 2012
February 2012
Co-Author, Client Alert, Delaware Bankruptcy Court Approves Contested Real Mex Section 363 Sale to Second Lien Noteholders Notwithstanding Administrative Insolvency, February 2012