Jeffrey Cohen

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Career

A trusted advisor to unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, and distressed companies, Jeffrey Cohen leads the firm’s highly esteemed Bankruptcy & Restructuring department. His tenacious counsel has contributed greatly to increasing Lowenstein’s robust client base in retail bankruptcy, and is highly valued by distressed companies across the technology, consumer goods, and other sectors.

Jeff’s practice primarily centers on Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and related litigation. His recent representations include the creditors’ committees in DRF Logistics, LLC, Mountain Sports LLC (dba Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s Stores), Nevada Copper, Inc., New rue21 Holdco, Inc., Nogin, Inc., Anagram Holdings, Proterra Inc, Williams Industrial Services Group, Benefytt Technologies, Inc., Tuesday Morning Corporation, Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (dba Bang Energy), Century 21 Department Stores, GNC, Sur La Table, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Murray Metallurgical Coal, The Northwest Company, and Maines Paper & Food Service.

With extensive experience in distressed corporate transactions, Jeff helps his clients implement strategies that maximize value and present a clear vision for the best path forward. He works closely with middle market companies and their boards of directors, management, and owners on out-of-court restructurings, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and Chapter 11 filings.

Jeff also provides counsel to private equity-sponsored and venture capital-backed distressed investors, representing boards and management in the out-of-court wind down or distressed M&A process. Most recently, Jeff represented several private equity sponsors in the out-of-court workouts of iFit Health & Fitness and Dunn Paper.

Professional Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute

NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Board Member

American Bar Association, Business Law Section

- Business Bankruptcy Committee

- Co-chair, Business Bankruptcy Committees Subcommittee