George Davis, previously serving as Global Chair of the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, direct lenders, asset managers, and alternative capital providers in their most sophisticated restructurings and liability management exercises.

Widely recognized as one of the top restructuring lawyers in the United States, George has represented hundreds of clients in the past three decades in complex and novel:

  • Liability management transactions
  • Recapitalizations
  • Restructurings
  • Chapter 11 cases
  • Other special situations transactions

A trusted strategic advisor to boards and management teams, George unlocks the full resources of the firm’s global platform to guide clients on strategy, litigation risk, and board duties in transformative liability management and restructuring transactions.

George regularly garners broad recognition for his distinctive practice from clients, peers, and industry publications.

Chambers USA recognized George as:

  • “Simply one of the best restructuring lawyers in the field.”
  • “A master strategist, a super negotiator and a very astute counselor.”
  • “He has strong expertise and clout with the relevant parties.”
  • “Very strong at seeing the big picture and communicating effectively with clients.” 

The American Lawyer recognized George as Dealmaker of the Year in 2023 for his work restructuring global pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt Plc.

George’s experience includes advising:

  • Several public companies in confidential representations addressing substantial mass tort liabilities
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a global pharma company, in restructuring its substantial fund debt and mass tort and antitrust exposures to emerge from Chapter 11 with a materially improved balanced sheet and no contingent liabilities
  • CommScope, a global leader in network connectivity solutions, on its comprehensive US$4.15 billion strategic liability management recapitalization
  • Robertshaw, a leading global design, engineering, and manufacturing company, on the successful completion of its liability management transactions and subsequent chapter 11 sale and restructuring
  • The Container Store Group, a leading retailer of organizing solutions, on its successful chapter 11 financial restructuring
  • Afiniti, a global customer experience and artificial intelligence provider, on its successful Bermuda law and US chapter 15 restructuring
  • 2U, a global leader in online education, on its successful financial restructuring and emergence from chapter 11 as a privately held entity
  • JOANN, the nation-wide category leader in sewing and fabrics, on its successful emergence from a court-supervised financial restructuring process
  • Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, on its chapter 11 plan of reorganization and cross-border financial restructuring

George’s representative clients include:

Companies (or Their Sponsors or Boards of Directors)

  • 2U
  • Acosta
  • AIG Financial Products
  • Alta Mesa Resources
  • Audacy
  • Barretts Minerals
  • Bluebird Bio
  • Cal Dive International*
  • Caribbean Petroleum*
  • Corium Therapeutics
  • Emerge Energy Services
  • Entegra Power (2014 Restructuring of the Year, Turnarounds & Workouts)
  • Farfetch
  • Flexsys Holdings
  • Global Eagle
  • Hexion
  • Homer City
  • Imerys subsidiaries
  • JOANN
  • Libbey Glass
  • Lincoln Power
  • Lucky Brands
  • Lumileds
  • LyondellBasell Industries* (2010 Restructuring Deal of the Year, Investment Dealers’ Digest; 2010 Restructuring Deal of the Year, IFLR Europe)
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (2023 Dealmaker of the Year, The American Lawyer)
  • MOD Pizza
  • MediaMath
  • National Association of Realtors
  • National CineMedia
  • North American Dental Group
  • Ocwen Financial*
  • Owens Illinois/Paddock
  • Pacific Drilling
  • Precision BioSciences
  • Rackspace
  • Robertshaw
  • Sable Permian Resources
  • Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers*
  • Savers Thrift Superstores
  • Superior Energy Services
  • TPC Group
  • Travelport
  • Vacasa
  • Verso and New Page*
  • Weatherford

Creditors and Investors

 

  • Avaya
  • Bausch Health
  • Bennu Oil & Gas*
  • Bioventus
  • Camston Wrather
  • Dynegy
  • Fieldwood Energy
  • First Energy Solutions 
  • Gavilon 
  • HAL Investments
  • Hertz
  • Invacare
  • Legacy Reserves
  • Moelis & Company (iHeartMedia)
  • NRG REMA
  • Scandinavian Airlines
  • Service King 
  • Specialty Dental Brands
  • Stewart Health 
  • Stone Energy*
  • Swissport

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Thought Leadership

  • Co-author, Chambers Insolvency Global Practice Guide: USA Trends and Developments (December 2023)
  • Consulting Editor, Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through Insolvency Litigation Guide (2022, 2023)
  • Co-author, 2020 Bankruptcy Trends And Sectors To Watch In 2021, Law360 (December 2020)

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Hofstra University School of Law
    with distinction
  • BS, Binghamton University
    magna cum laude
Davis, George A.
October 31, 2024 Recognition

MVP: Latham’s George Davis

George Davis, Global Chair of Latham’s Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, recognized by Law360 for successfully navigating major companies, including Mallinckrodt, Joann Inc., and Audacy, through significant restructurings.