Jonathan is a corporate and corporate restructuring attorney who has built a reputation for fiercely representing his clients in the boardroom, the courtroom, and everywhere in between. Clients rely on his creative and practical strategies to get deals done as well as his ability to explain complex concepts in plain English. He is one of only eight attorneys (and his firm is one of only five) in the United States to be ranked nationally in 2024 by Chambers in its Litigation Finance Deal Counsel category.
On the transactional side, Jonathan serves as outside general counsel to closely held businesses and their principals, representing private equity funds and others in their M&A activities, and structuring new businesses, business lines, joint ventures, and other significant commercial relationships. Jonathan also advises on fiduciary duties, corporate structuring issues, credit negotiations, general contract issues, succession planning, employee matters, and business disputes.
Jonathan’s corporate restructuring and insolvency experience is extensive. He counsels companies in financial distress, leading debtor representations in Chapter 11 cases, assignments for the benefit of creditors, controlled Article 9 processes, out-of-court workouts, and wind-downs for scores of companies, ranging in size from under $5 million to more than $1 billion in revenue. Jonathan also has extensive experience representing other constituents in these situations, including owners, directors, senior management, creditors, investors, and buyers.
Jonathan’s clients hail from a diverse range of industries, including auction services, auto, chemicals, consumer packaged goods, distribution, education, food, fulfillment, gaming, hospitality, information technology, manufacturing, metals, nonprofit, private equity, professional services, publishing, quarry mining, retail, reverse logistics, software/cloudware, solar, telecom, and textiles.
