Jeffrey M Reisner

Practice Areas

Corporate | Insolvency & Restructuring | Crisis Management

Career

Jeffrey M. Reisner, global co-chair of Steptoe's Restructuring & Insolvency practice, advises clients on corporate, litigation, and reorganization and bankruptcy matters. Drawing on nearly 30 years of restructuring experience, Jeff represents formal and informal creditors' committees, debtors, acquirers of assets, investors, independent directors, boards of directors, trustees, lenders and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings throughout the United States.

Jeff also advises clients in the acquisition and disposition of assets from healthy and troubled companies in both traditional sales and auctions. These transactions have involved clients in a wide range of industries, including aerospace and defense, energy, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, real estate, restaurant and hospitality, sporting goods, telecommunications, and transportation.

In addition to representing clients in transactional matters, Jeff frequently advises corporate boards in connection with internal investigations related to alleged sexual misconduct, corporate and financial malfeasance, and other topics. He also counsels senior executives in connection with their employment and separation agreements and related matters.

Jeff also represents clients in defense of lender liability, avoidance actions, breach of fiduciary duty and other claims in state and federal courts throughout the country.

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors, American Bankruptcy Institute

Board of Directors, Orange County Chapter, Association for Corporate Growth

Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy Lawyers

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Member, United Way Tocqueville Society and Real Estate Community Builders

Past President, Southern California Chapter, New York University Stern School of Business Alumni Association

Former board member, Southern California Chapter, Turnaround Management Association