Paul D. Leake

Partner

Paul Leake represents all major constituencies in restructurings, including debtors, commercial banks and bank groups, distressed investment funds, bondholder committees, official creditors' committees, unsecured creditors, and distressed investors. Paul focuses on U.S. and transnational business reorganizations, including chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court restructurings, secured financings, distressed acquisitions, and investments in troubled companies in a number of industries. Paul is head of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice and heads the corporate group in the New York Office.

Paul's representative out-of-court and chapter 11 debtor matters include: Georgia Gulf, Globalstar, Independence Air, Interep, Levitz, Proliance, and ProQuest. He has represented bondholder and official committees in the Cone Mills, Energy Partners Limited, Enron, General Maritime, and Kirker Enterprises restructurings and senior secured lenders in the Bi-Lo, Calpine, Meridian Automotive Systems, and Trico Marine restructurings. His major creditor representations include: Aurora Capital, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Goldman Sachs, and Pershing Square in a number of high-profile restructurings.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Paul advised out-of-court and chapter 11 debtor restructurings for Balanced Care, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Marvel Entertainment, NextWave Telecom, Olympia & York, and Sun Healthcare and represented bondholder and official committees in the Iridium and Orbital Imaging restructurings, senior secured lenders in the Memorex Telex restructuring, and creditors Citibank and General Electric Capital Corporation.

Paul is a member of the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association and served on the Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee of the New York City Bar. He has published and lectured extensively on U.S. and transnational insolvency matters.