Jane Kim

Practice Areas

Restructuring, Corporate Bankruptcy

Career

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP-Associate (2002 – 2014)

Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP- Partner (2014 – present)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

California State; Northern and Central Districts of California (federal)

New York State; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (federal)

Clients

Speedboat JV Partners, LLC, USBC, N.D. Cal. (2022) – represented debtor in refinancing debt on Lake Tahoe property worth over $12 million, successfully opposing chapter 7 foreclosure sale, and obtaining dismissal of chapter 7 case.

Confidential Technology Company, Out of Court (2022) – counsel to technology company in acquisition of business in friendly foreclosure.

Confidential E-Commerce Company, Out of Court (2022) – counsel to assignee in assignment for the benefit of creditors in negotiating sale of business, intellectual property, and other assets.

In-Shape Holdings, LLC, et al., USBC, D. Del. (2020-present) – lead debtors’ counsel for premium regional fitness club chain in California, with debtor-in-possession filing and asset purchase agreement with purchase price of over $45 million plus assumption of liabilities.

Ravn Air Group, Inc., USBC, D. Del. (2020) – debtors’ counsel for Alaska’s largest commuter airline in its chapter 11 case, resulting in a confirmed liquidating plan and the sale of different business lines and assets in over a dozen transactions, resulting in anticipated aggregate proceeds of over $60 million.

Imperial Toy LLC, USBC, N.D. Cal. (2020) – represented DIP lender/stalking horse bidder in negotiating debtor-in-possession financing.

Pacific Gas & Electric Company, USBC, N.D. Cal. (2019-present) – co-counsel for debtors in chapter 11 case of $71 billion public utility employing over 24,000 employees and servicing 16 million customers.

JadooTV, Inc., USBC, N.D. Cal. (2019-present) – lead debtor’s counsel for internet protocol TV provider focused on South Asian and Middle Eastern content.

Confidential Vehicle Manufacturer, Out of Court (2018-present) – lead counsel to assignee in assignment for the benefit of creditors in negotiating sale of intellectual property and other assets.

Confidential Nutritional Supplement Manufacturer, Out of Court (2018-2019) – lead counsel to nutritional supplement manufacturer in negotiating and closing sale of business.

Confidential Software Company, Out of Court (2017-2018) – counsel to venture-backed software company in negotiating its wind-down budget, wind-down financing package, and terms of a “friendly foreclosure” to first lien lender.

New Cal-Neva Lodge, LLC, USBC, D. Nev. (2016-2018) – debtor’s counsel for historic casino and resort in chapter 11 case involving sale of resort and confirmation of plan.

Delivery Agent, Inc. et al., USBC, D. Del. (2016-2017) – debtor’s counsel for e-commerce company chapter 11 case involving divestiture of one business and sale of the core business to venture lender after auction.

Stemcells, Inc., Out of Court (2016) – represented publicly-traded biotechnology company in wind-down negotiations and coordination of reverse merger (securities work performed by associated firm).

In re Fisker Automotive, USBC, D. Del. (2014-present) – represent Hybrid Technologies, LLC as senior secured lender in post-confirmation claims resolution and class action litigation brought by former employees.

In re Nortel Networks, Inc., USBC, D. Del. (2009-2014) – represented U.S. debtors in multi-billion dollar cross-border insolvency through multiple sales.

Lehman Brothers (2008) – advised the Federal Reserve System in preparation for Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing

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Professional Memberships

American College of Bankruptcy, DEI Committee, External Subcommittee Chair (present)

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Committee Co-Chair (present)

Northern District of California, Lawyer Representative (present)

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Education Committee (2020)

International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (Northern California Network), Secretary (2018-2020)

Minority Bar Exchange, Member (present)

Publications

Top Ranked Legal May Newsletter: Bankruptcy Being Used (or, in the View of Some, Misused) to Resolve Mass Tort Litigation (May 2023)

"Fifth Circuit in CJ Holding Declines to Find 'Excusable Neglect'," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (July 2022) (co-authored)

“Bankruptcy Basics for Booming Businesses,” California Business Law Practitioner (Summer 2018) (co-author with J. Hayes)

Education

Awards