Jeffrey N Pomerantz

Jeffrey Pomerantz is a member of the Firm's management committee and a co-chair of the Firm’s creditors' committee practice. His practice includes representing companies, creditors' committees, and private equity funds in complex financial restructurings and merger-and-acquisition transactions both in and out of court. He is currently lead counsel in the restructuring of Highland Capital Management LP, and was lead counsel in the Firm’s representation of the committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Tailored Brands, and co-lead counsel in the representation of the committee of unsecured creditors in the restructurings of Neiman Marcus and Whiting Petroleum. Mr. Pomerantz has particular expertise in restructurings in the energy, manufacturing, restaurant and retail sectors. He also frequently represents private equity funds in asset-acquisition transactions. In 2019, Mr. Pomerantz was named “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of private funds/hedge fund law, and has been named a restructuring and insolvency “Thought Leader” in Who’s Who Legal.