Overview
Jonathan Levine counsels clients in a wide range of corporate matters, with a focus on complex corporate restructurings both in-court and out-of-court. His clients include troubled companies, ad hoc creditor and equity groups, official creditor committees, private equity funds, asset managers, and other parties of interest.
Among other industries, Jonathan has advised clients in matters involving airline, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, technology, telecommunications, maritime shipping, trucking and other transportation sectors.
In addition to his work in matters involving distressed assets, Jonathan provides general corporate counsel. He represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, as well as early stage, venture capital and other financings. As transactional counsel, he advises businesses and owners on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate partnering arrangements, and the negotiation and documentation of contracts, financial agreements with bankers and lenders, and other matters.
Results
Ad Hoc Groups
- Ad hoc secured bondholder group holding in connection with a chapter 11 credit bid for substantially all of the assets of Techniplas LLC, a leading global provider of highly engineered plastics systems and components
- Ad hoc term loan lenders in our of court negotiations with PureStar Linen Group LLC, provider of laundry services and linen management to the hospitality industry
- Ad hoc group of unsecured lenders in connection with chapter 11 cases of Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V.
Official Committees
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases of Peabody Energy, a global pure play coal company
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 of an integrated cancer care provider
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases of Tops Supermarkets, a retail supermarket chain
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases of Republic Airways, a regional airline
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases of a manufacturer of aftermarket auto parts
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases of Fairpoint Communications, Inc., a regional telecommunications provider
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Cases of SunEdison, Inc., a renewable energy product developer
Debtors
- Represented FiberTower Corporation, a provider of spectrum and fixed wireless services, in connection with its chapter 11 proceedings
- Represented Sungevity, Inc., a solar electricity company, in connection with its chapter 11 proceedings
- Represented Kitty Hawk Holdings, Inc., an airline cargo company, in connection with its chapter 11 proceedings
Agents and Trustees
- Represented DIP Agent and prepetition Term Loan Agent in connection with chapter 11 cases of JC Penney Inc., a national retailer
- Represented prepetition Term Loan Agent in connection with chapter 11 cases of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, oil and natural gas exploration and production company
- Represented prepetition Notes Trustee in connection with chapter 11 cases of EP Energy Corp., oil and natural gas exploration and production company
- Represent DIP Agent and prepetition second bond trustee in connection with chapter 11 cases of Sanchez Energy Corporation, oil and natural gas exploration and production company
- Represented DIP Agent and prepetition Term Loan Agent in connection with chapter 11 cases of OneWeb, Inc., a satellite constellation company
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025
- Legal 500 US, Restructuring: Corporate, 2019-2022
- IFLR1000, Restructuring and Insolvency, Notable Practitioner, 2020
- Metro Magazine, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, New York Rising Star, 2011-2015
Credentials
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, JD, 2000
Stanford University, BA, 1996
Admissions
New York
Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Languages
English
