James L Bromley

Practice Areas

General Practice; Bankruptcy Litigation; Crisis Management; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Mergers & Acquisitions; Restructuring

Career

Jim Bromley is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Finance & Restructuring Group and is the Co-Head of the Firm’s Global Restructuring practice, where his practice focuses on restructuring, bankruptcy and litigation advice to a wide spectrum of corporate clients, including creditors, debtors and investors, as well as government actors. For three decades, Mr. Bromley has advised on the most prominent matters across a large number of industries, including automobile, aviation, consumer & retail, crypto, energy, financial services, manufacturing, media & sports, mining, telecommunications and shipping, among others.

Mr. Bromley is representing FTX Trading Ltd. and over 100 affiliates debtors in the landmark Chapter 11 proceedings arising out of the largest failure in the crypto space. Mr. Bromley is also acting as Chapter 11 debtor's counsel to SVB Financial Group, the former parent of Silicon Valley Bank. Mr. Bromley is also representing Major League Baseball and certain baseball clubs in the chapter 11 proceedings of Diamond Sports Group, achieving a decisive trial victory in June 2023. Mr. Bromley has substantial first-chair trial experience, including jury trials before state and federal courts. His reputation extends to the international stage with his representation of Nortel Networks US.

Mr. Bromley’s dedication to pro bono work also has put him in the spotlight. In 2016, he was the lead trial counsel in Michael Ferguson v. JONAH, the landmark LGBT civil rights case where a jury unanimously determined that conversion therapy (peddling services that purport to change sexual orientation) constituted consumer fraud.

Professional Memberships

A lecturer-in-law on cross-border insolvency law at Harvard Law School, Mr. Bromley is also a fellow at the American College of Bankruptcy and an instructor at International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (“INSOL”). He is a frequent speaker at International Insolvency Institute (“III”), INSOL, American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”) and other industry leading conferences.

Personal

Columbia Law School, J.D., (1989); Boston College, B.A., (1986)