Jeff Schwartz represents primarily creditor interests, including buyers and sellers, lessors and lessees, committees and trustees in insolvency matters throughout the United States.
In his long career Jeff has represented every type of stakeholder in the insolvency arena, although he has particular expertise assisting large commercial and investment banks in all types of situations spanning myriad industries, from airlines and shipping to financial products and industrial concerns, and everything in between.
experience
- A German bank with major exposure in the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
- A U.S. money center bank in its acquisition of a public entity through the Chapter 11 process.
- A German and French bank in restructurings of monoline insurers.
- A Swiss bank as primary lender to a large student loan company.
- Domestic and foreign repurchase counterparties in the restructuring of a structured investment vehicle.
- A leading securities industry trade group as amicus counsel in decisions on bankruptcy issues relating to safe harbor protections for financial products under the Bankruptcy Code.
- A German bank in the restructuring of hedge funds controlled by a major investment bank.
- A financial services company regarding a $500 million chapter 11 financing to a major domestic airline.
- The largest creditor in the bankruptcy of a U.S. shipping company with worldwide operations.
- A major party in interest in substantially every large domestic airline insolvency.
- The debtor in the bankruptcy case of a real estate group.
Professional
- The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Community
- Council to the board of trustees of the Katonah Museum of Art
I’m closely follow the Cornell hockey team and the New York Yankees. I also try to complete the New York Times Wordle and Spelling Bee before finishing my morning coffee.