Jan Baker is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Baker is a member of the Finance Department and Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Insolvency Practice. Mr. Baker represents companies, lenders, committees, acquirors and other parties in connection with restructuring matters. He also regularly advises boards of directors of public and private companies on matters related to corporate governance and fiduciary duty.
Mr. Baker is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and currently serves as its Chairman. He frequently lectures and writes on issues involving corporate reorganization and restructuring.
He was recently named one of the “Most Admired Attorneys” by Bankruptcy Law360 and was recognized by The International Who’s Who as “most highly regarded” in the Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers 2011 category. Mr. Baker is recognized as a leading corporate restructuring attorney by legal guides and directories such as Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Euromoney, Legal Media Group, Turnarounds and Workouts and K&A Restructuring Register.
Mr. Baker has represented numerous companies in either out-of-court restructurings or Chapter 11 cases including:
- American Pad & Paper Company
- Archstone
- Boston Generating
- CIRCLE K Company
- The Delaco Company
- Diamond M
- DRECO Energy Services
- FiberMark, Inc.
- FoxMeyer Drug Company
- GenTek, Inc.
- Global Marine Inc.
- Graham-Field Health Products, Inc.
- Kaneb, Inc.
- MCorp.
- MicroAge, Inc.
- Owens Corning
- RCN Corporation
- RHI Entertainment, LLC
- Safety Kleen Systems, Inc.
- Spectrum Brands
- Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
- The Stroh Brewery Company
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.