Jonathan Gordon

Mr. Gordon’s representative experience includes advising:

Company Representations

• Mallinckrodt plc and affiliates, as chapter 11 debtors in the District of Delaware, addressing more than US$5.2 billion of funded debt obligations and billions in potential tort liability (debt-to-equity conversion; channeling injunction)
• Nine Point Energy Holdings and affiliates, as chapter 11 debtors in the District of Delaware, addressing more than US$250 million in funded debt obligations (section 363 sale)
• Sundance Energy and affiliates, as chapter 11 debtors in the Southern District of Texas, addressing approximately US$400 million in funded debt obligations (prepackaged debt-to-equity conversion)
• Sable Permian Resources and affiliates, as chapter 11 debtors in the Southern District of Texas, addressing more than US$1.3 billion in funded debt obligations (debt-to-equity conversion)
• GNC Holdings and affiliates, as chapter 11 debtors in the District of Delaware, addressing more than US$900 million in funded debt obligations (section 363 sale)
• FTD Companies and affiliates, as chapter 11 debtors in the District of Delaware, addressing nearly US$150 million in funded debt obligations (three section 363 sales)*

Creditor & Equity Sponsor Representations

• A global private equity firm, as lender and equity sponsor, with respect to a portfolio company’s rescue financing and subsequent chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware
• A private equity and alternative assets investment firm, as equity sponsor, with respect to a portfolio company’s rescue financing
• A middle-market private credit institution, as administrative agent in contingency preparations and the sale of over US$85 million in secured debt obligations, immediately prior to the borrower’s chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Virginia
• A global financial institution, as administrative agent for a US$677.5 million chapter 11 debtor-in-possession credit agreement in the Eastern District of Missouri
• Various lenders in out-of-court workout scenarios, including loan amendments, refinancings, forbearances, and potential proxy exercises
• Various real estate investment firms, as landlords to various chapter 11 debtors

Bankruptcy Litigation

• An advisory firm and former chief restructuring officer, in litigation commenced by a chapter 7 trustee, alleging breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, negligence, and avoidance actions
• Former directors and officers of a debtor, in litigation commenced after the debtor’s bankruptcy by a former shareholder, alleging breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and conspiracy
• A hedge fund, as equity holder of a debtor, in litigation commenced after the debtor’s bankruptcy by a former shareholder, alleging fraud
• A company in litigation against the IRS regarding a tax deduction following a fraudulent conveyance settlement

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham