With over 20 years of experience at the forefront of corporate bankruptcy law, Janine Figueiredo has distinguished herself as an innovative legal strategist and powerful advocate.
She works with debtors, creditors’ committees, liquidating trustees, buyers of distressed assets, trade vendors, and secured and unsecured creditors to navigate the complexities of distressed situations in many industries, including finance, manufacturing, retail, media and entertainment, wholesale/distribution, and specialty chemicals. There is no corporate reorganization, restructuring or liquidation Janine cannot handle.
Janine has extensive experience in all aspects of bankruptcy matters including advising distressed companies on their restructuring options, negotiating DIP loans and 363 sales, negotiating and developing Chapter 11 plans, litigating complex plan appeal issues, and the defense and prosecution of avoidance actions. She takes a proactive approach to each case, guiding clients through every step.
She also leverages her experience as a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), the international nonprofit dedicated to corporate renewal and the turnaround industry, where she serves as the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
experience
- Representing a satellite company in complex contract negotiations with its service provider.
- Representing a media company as a creditor and contract counterparty in several bankruptcy cases.
- Representing a buyer of distressed assets in contract negotiations with a financially distressed. retailer
- Selected Creditor Committee representations include:
- Noble House Home Furnishings, Inc., a retailer of home furnishings.
- Paper Source, Inc., a retailer of specialty paper products.
- Vertellus Specialties Inc., a manufacturer of specialty chemicals.
- Hancock Fabrics, Inc., one of the largest fabric retailers in the United States.
- AWI Delaware, Inc., White Rose and Nell’s, mid-Atlantic and New Jersey based supermarket and specialty store distributor and retailer.
- Reichhold Holdings US, Inc., manufacturer of unsaturated polyester resins for fabrication of composite products and coatings.
- Furniture Brands International, Inc., manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of home furniture and furnishings.
- Syms Corp and Filene’s Basement, clothing and accessories retailers.
- 4Kids Entertainment, Inc., full-service children’s brand management company.
- Loehmann’s Holdings, Inc., a leading national retailer that reorganized and emerged from Chapter 11 in less than three months, earning the Turnaround Atlas Award for Corporate Turnaround Deal of the Year in 2011.
- Zestra Laboratories Inc., manufacturer of consumer health products.
- New Century TRS Holdings, Inc., a residential home mortgage originator, securitizer and servicer, and one of the nation’s largest subprime mortgage bankruptcies.
- ResMAE Mortgage Corporation, a residential home mortgage originator and securitizer.
Professional
- Turnaround Management Association, Executive Board Member and Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Community
- Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Troop Leader
- Listed in Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy, 2017-2023; Rising Stars, 2013-2016
I am a Girl Scout leader for my daughter’s troop. I never saw myself doing this, as I was never a Scout and knew little about the organization, but when my daughter was in kindergarten, she asked and I couldn’t say no. A few years in, it has been incredibly rewarding watching this amazing group of (now) young ladies become more confident and capable in the world and knowing that, in some small way, I was a part of that.