Paul Leake

Jones Day

222 East 41st Street
New York
USA
NY 10017-6702
212 326 3482
pdleake@jonesday.com

Ranked In

Nationwide
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 2)
New York
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 2)

Profile

Practice Areas: Head of the firm-wide Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice and Head of the New York Office's Corporate Practice. His practice is focused on US and transnational business reorganizations, including chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court restructurings, refinancings, distressed acquisitions, and investments in troubled companies. He has represented all of the major constituencies in restructurings, including debtors, bank groups, bondholder committees, official creditors' committees, unsecured creditors, and distressed investors. Principal debtor representations include Independence Air, Globalstar, Olympia & York, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Marvel Entertainment, and Levitz Furniture.

Personal: Columbia University School of Law (JD, 1988); Amherst College (BA, 1985).