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A partner in Paul, Weiss's Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department, Jeff Saferstein practices exclusively in the areas of corporate restructurings and workouts, bankruptcy and specialized financings.
Jeff has been involved in major domestic and international restructurings and bankruptcies, including:
He has also recently been involved in several restructurings of structured investment vehicles and in a workout of one of the monoline insurers.
Jeff has written and lectured on numerous bankruptcy topics including co-writing an article for the International Financial Law Review titled "Get Your Priorities Straight" (March 2012), co-writing an article for the New York Law Journal titled "When Second Lien Lenders Break Their Silence" (October 2007), and co-writing an article for the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal titled "Equitable Subordination: Good-Faith Transferees Beware" (April 2006). Jeff recently spoke at the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors' 11th Annual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference. He has also spoken on panels sponsored by Bloomberg L.P. on Distressed Debt and Bankruptcies and at the New York City Bar Association and at the Wharton Restructuring and Turnaround Conference on "Governmental Involvement in Distressed Opportunities" and "The Rise of Out-of-Court Restructurings and Pre-Packaged Bankruptcies". He has been named in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America and IFLR1000 as a leading practitioner in the bankruptcy field and to Lawdragon's 3000 Leading Lawyers in America.
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Jul 02, 2015 | Publications
District Court Holds Swap Claim Assignee Not a Swap Participant Entitled to Safe Harbor Rights
Jun 08, 2015 | Publications
Third Circuit Approves Use of Structured Dismissal, but Rarely
Nov 17, 2014 | Publications
New Considerations for Trademark Licenses in a 363 Sale
Sep 02, 2014 | Publications
May 08, 2014 | Publications
Limitations on Secured Creditors’ Rights to Credit Bid
Apr 17, 2014 | Publications
Apr 01, 2014 | Publications
Feb 07, 2014 | Publications
Jan 03, 2014 | Publications
Dec 03, 2013 | Publications
Third Circuit Holds That the Risk of Section 502(d) Disallowance Travels with a Purchased Claim
Nov 20, 2013 | Publications
Jan 28, 2013 | News
School Specialty Enters Into Asset Purchase Agreement With Bayside Capital Affiliate
Jul 20, 2012 | News
Buffets, Inc. Emerges from Chapter 11
May 24, 2012 | News
Houghton Mifflin Files Chapter 11
Jun 07, 2013