James H. Burbage is an associate in the Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department in New York. Jim represents both debtors and creditors in large, complex, chapter 11 cases and out of court restructurings. Jim also regularly represents ad hoc groups comprised of hedge funds, commercial banks and other sophisticated investors. Jim has previously served on the firm’s Recruiting Committee. In 2021, he was selected as a member of the inaugural class of the American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee’s 20/20 Partners Rising Young Leader Award.
Jim’s selected significant matters include:
- Paper Source Inc.: Debtors’ counsel in the successful chapter 11 sale of the company’s assets and business operations to Elliott Investment Management, a transaction named “Consumer Staples Deal of the Year” at the 2021 M&A Advisor Awards
- Carlson Travel, Inc.: Counsel to Exit Financing Lenders
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company: Counsel to Ad Hoc Group of Subrogation Claim Holders
- Southcross Energy Partners, L.P: Counsel to Ad Hoc Group of Term Loan Lenders
- Claire’s Stores, Inc.: Counsel to Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders
- Title III Case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al.: Counsel to COFINA Agent
- Illinois Power Generating Co.: Counsel to Ad Hoc Group of Noteholders