Jordan is counsel in the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practice. His practice focuses on representing ad hoc lender groups, DIP lenders, bank agents, distressed investors, and debtors in all aspects of large and complex domestic out-of-court restructurings and U.S. Chapter 11 cases. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Jordan worked in the business restructuring group of another major international law firm where he regularly represented official creditors, committees, debtors and independent fiduciaries in Chapter 11 cases. Jordan is also a frequent author on all aspects of bankruptcy.

• Windstream Holding of the Midwest: Represent Ad Hoc Group of noteholders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Windstream Holdings and its affiliates
• Frontier Communications: Represent Ad Hoc Group of operating company noteholders in connection with the restructuring of Frontier Communications and its affiliates
• Hornblower Cruises: Represented ad hoc group of first lien lenders in connection with new super priority financing facility and related amendments to existing loan documents
• US Shipping: Represented ad hoc group of first lien lenders in connection with exposure under credit agreement
• Tupperware: Represented ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with senior notes issued by Tupperware Brands Corporation
• Lifecare Chapter 11 Cases: Represented Seaport and Wilmington, as agents for the junior secured term loan lenders
• CTI Foods, LLC Debtor-in-Possession Restructuring: Represented Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, on a DIP ABL Facility and exit facility in connection with CTI’s pre-packaged reorganization plan
• Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. Chapter 11 Cases: Represented Fallbrook Technologies Inc., a transmission technology company, in connection with its Chapter 11 cases
• Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Title III filing: Represented EcoEléctrica L.P, one of the largest suppliers to Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
• AMR Corporation Chapter 11 Cases: Represented an ad hop group of hedge funds who hold a significant portion of prepetition equity of AMR Corporation

Professional Affiliations

• American Bankruptcy Institute: Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Commercial and Regulatory Law Committee
• Turnaround Management Association: Programming Committee
• Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
• Emory Alumni Association

Speaking Engagements

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Winter Leadership Conference, The Continued Use of Blocking Directors and Managers in Bankruptcy Related Transactions (December 2019)
• Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys CLE Weekend, The Annual Bankruptcy Update  (May 2019)
• Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys CLE Weekend, The Gotchas That Getcha: Selected Loan Documentation Issues Part II (June 2018)

Publications

• Author, The Importance of Being Truly Independent, ABI Journal (January 2018)
• Author, Equitable or Equity Committees: Lessons Learned From Recent Cases, ABI Journal (March 2017)
• Author, ‘LightSquared’: Defining the Permissible Boundaries of Plan Injunctions, New York Law Journal (December 7, 2015)
• Co-Author, The Chief Restructuring Officer’s Guide to Bankruptcy, American Bankruptcy Institute (2013) (contributing author)
• Author, Lenders Beware: the 3 ^rd Circuit Has Other Ideas About Credit Bidding, Westlaw Journal of Bank & Lender Liability, Vol. 15 Issue 25 (April 26, 2010)
• Author, SemCrude, Setoff, and the Collapsing Triangle: What Contract Parties Should Know, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, May/June 2009