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Scott J Greenberg

Scott J Greenberg

Global 2026

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring

USA

5 years ranked

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Career

Scott J. Greenberg is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office, Global Chair of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Greenberg focuses on representing debtors and creditors in in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

Mr. Greenberg’s recent representations include serving as lead counsel on Outcome Health, Rex Energy, M&G Chemicals, and American Apparel’s chapter 11 cases and lead counsel for Transtar (DACCO Transmission Parts [NY] Inc.) and Nextel (NII Holdings Inc). in their chapter 11 cases in the SDNY.

On the creditor side he has a market-leading practice and recently represented the Term Lenders in 4L/Clover, Akorn, AMC, Catalina Marketing, Constellis, Crossmark, David’s Bridal, Diamond Sports, Diebold, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Envision, Exela Technologies, Garrett Motion, Global Eagle Entertainment, INAP, Intrado, Iqor, Lumileds, Mallinckrodt, McGraw Hill, Monitronics, NPC, National CineMedia, Phoenix Services, PSAV, Savers, Serta, Service King, Skillsoft, Sungard, Tailored Brands, TNT Crane, Town Sports, and WorldStrides. He also represented the Term Lenders in rue21’s chapter 11, Answers Corp.’s chapter 11, J. Crew’s term loan, AMF Global (Ameriforge), 77 Energy, the first lien steering committee in RCS Capital’s chapter 11 cases, and Fortress as DIP lender in A&P’s chapter 11 cases. Previously, Mr. Greenberg represented the senior lenders in the acquisition of InterCity Media Corp. through a 363 sale; the ad hoc noteholders in AES Eastern’s chapter 11 cases; the first lien lenders to BLB/TWIN River Casino in its chapter 11 cases in Providence, Rhode Island; the ad hoc committee of senior secured bondholders in BlackGaming; and Penn National Gaming as owner of Hollywood Casino Shreveport in their chapter 11 cases.

Personal

Mr. Greenberg received his law degree in 2002, with honors, from Emory University School of Law, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude from Boston University in 1999.

Mr. Greenberg is Chairman of the Board of One Simple Wish, a not-for-profit assisting children in foster care in the U.S..

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring - USA

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Scott Greenberg offers strong expertise representing lenders in connection with Chapter 11 cases. He has significant experience acting on notable cases in the retail and pharmaceutical sectors.

Strengths

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  • He's an exceptional lawyer and dealmaker.

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  • He's brilliant, super connected and great at managing adversaries and clients.

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