James Prince

Practice Areas

Practice centers on restructuring distressed businesses, both inside and outside of state and federal insolvency proceedings. His emphasis is on consensual workouts and debt restructuring, liability management, chapter 11 reorganizations, and distressed capital market transactions. He frequently advises on buying distressed assets, in and outside of bankruptcy, counter-party risk, and regularly advises boards on duties during distress situations. He has particular experience in responding to dislocation and distress in energy (upstream, midstream, downstream and oil field service providers) and companies responding to mass tort and environmental liabilities.

Career

Reorganization, bankruptcy; creditors' rights; debtor/creditor remedies; federal court appeals.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Texas; American Bankruptcy Institute, Dallas Bankruptcy Bar.

Publications

The Third Circuit Rejects Texas Two-Step Bankruptcy Strategy: A Funding Agreement With Affiliates Made The Debtor Too Financially Sound To Seek Bankruptcy Relief, February 2023

Silicon Valley Bank FDIC Receivership: Key Considerations for Customers and Borrowers, March 2023

Navigating a WeWork Bankruptcy - Common Landlord Issues, November 2023.

Houston Bankruptcy Court Determines that a Make-Whole Claim is Not Disallowed by the Bankruptcy Code and the Solvent Debtor Exemption Still Exists Under the Bankruptcy Code, January 2021

Oil and Gas Industry Update: Commodity Price Volatility, March 2020

2019 - A Year of Change for Worldwide Energy, 2020

Texas Bankruptcy Court Denies Rejection of Certain Production Dedication Midstream Agreements, December 2019

Supreme Court Holds That Trademark Licensor Cannot Rescind Licensed Rights In Bankruptcy, May 2019

Personal

JD, Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1992; BS, finance, Oklahoma State University, 1989.