Gordon, Gregory M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Greg Gordon has 30 years of experience in business restructurings, distress acquisitions and dispositions, and commercial litigation. He has represented all the principal constituencies in out-of-court and in-court restructurings, including debtors, lenders, creditors' committees, investors, estate representatives, and buyers and sellers, and has substantial experience with cross-border insolvencies. Greg's restructuring, distress M&A, and litigation experience involves a wide variety of industries, including homebuilding, metals and mining, technology, energy, oil and gas, timeshare, textiles, automotive, health care, and retail.

Recent out-of-court and chapter 11 debtor matters include Blake Offshore, Doskocil, Hereford Biofuels, Kaiser Aluminum, Loewen, and Pillowtex. Recent creditor representations include the Qimonda creditors' committee and creditors in Empire Land, Kimball Hill, LandSource, Mirant, UI Holdings, and Woodside. Cross-border engagements include the representation of the Antiguan liquidators for Stanford International Bank. Acquisition and disposition representations include bidders in Crown Village Farm, Flying J, NetVersant, Noble, Polaroid, Red Shield, and Zohar Waterworks and sellers in Hereford Biofuels, Kaiser Aluminum, and Loewen. Recent litigation includes the defense of Southern in fraudulent transfer litigation in the Mirant chapter 11 case and the defense of KB Home in a multi-count adversary proceeding in the Crown Village Farm chapter 11 case.

Greg has lectured on a variety of topics, including mass tort cases, enterprise valuations, retention of professionals, 363 sales, arbitration, director and officer liability, and lender liability. He also has published articles on a multitude of topics, including claims discounting, retention of key employees, and innovative approaches to complex restructurings.

Areas of Practice

• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Distressed Real Estate Transactions
• Trial Practice
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Bondholder Committees
• Distressed Company Litigation
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Secured Lender Groups
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Metals & Mining
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation

Representative Cases

• Alderwoods sells nonstrategic funeral home and cemetery assets
• Allied Riser Communications placed into involuntary reorganization
• Alon USA recovers claim in SemCrude bankruptcy , (2009)
• Antiguan Liquidators engage in worldwide insolvency dispute against the U.S. appointed Receiver for the right to liquidate Stanford International Bank , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier acquires Tropic Ice Partners
• Baldwin Builders business undergoes chapter 11 reorganization
• CIT Group disposes of Diamond Lumber assets
• Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in litigation with former bondholders of National Gypsum
• Doskocil Manufacturing Co. undergoes corporate restructuring
• Fairfield Communities reorganizes with a prearranged plan
• Federated Department Stores and affiliates reorganize in chapter 11 , (2009)
• Heil Co. defends fraudulent conveyance claim
• Hereford Biofuels sells ethanol plant , (2009)
• InterFirst Texas Finance creditors recover money
• Kaiser Aluminum and twenty of its subsidiaries emerge successfully from chapter 11 protection , (2009)
• Kaiser Aluminum obtains landmark decision in 3rd Circuit appeal regarding distress termination of pension plans
• Kaiser Aluminum sells Alumina Partners of Jamaica interest to Hydro Aluminum
• Kaiser Aluminum sells Louisiana Alumina Refinery
• Kaiser Aluminum sells Queensland Alumina interest to RUSAL Group
• Kendavis plans to liquidate
• Loewen Group International and 870 affiliated entities file for chapter 11 , (2009)
• Oxford Development restructures debt out of court
• Patriarch acquires NetVersant in bankruptcy sale , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners acquires assets of Red Shield Environmental in bankruptcy buyout , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners acquires Spiegel Brands , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners bids to acquire assets of Polaroid in a chapter 11 auction sale , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners enters into stalking horse bid to acquire assets of Noble
• Pillowtex and 23 affiliated entities file for chapter 11 , (2009)
• Qimonda North America and Qimonda Richmond creditors' committee appointed , (2009)
• Refinery Company goes after Texaco for cleanup costs
• Resurgence Asset Management holds majority of Physicians Resource Group's debt
• SKM is possible buyer of EnRe assets
• Southern Company asserts securities fraud action against former subsidiary Mirant involving IPO registration statement , (2009)
• Undisclosed investor completes $13 million exchange offer of Convertible Notes by Oscient Pharmaceuticals , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Dissolution, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreclosures, Garnishment, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Securities Law, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Duke University
• Muhlenberg College

Published Works

• Judge Holds Bankruptcy Code Trumps Pension Legislation, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2008
• The § 1146(a) Tax Exemption and Pre-confirmation Asset Sales, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2008
• Present Value Discounting of Claims in Bankruptcy, Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 2008
• Second-Lien Financing, the Next Wave of Bankruptcies and Intercreditor Agreements, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2007
• The Zone of Insolvency: Directors, Creditors and Fiduciary Duties, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2007
• Contract-Based Claims for Post-Petition Attorneys' Fees, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2007
• Cause of Action for Deepening Insolvency, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2007
• Code Limits Incentives for Top Talent, Executive Legal Adviser, 2007
• A Loan or an Investment? Recharacterizing Debt as Equity, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2007
• Landmark Third Circuit Ruling on Multiple Pension Plan Termination, 2006
• Surprising Findings on Pace of Bankruptcy and Creditor Recovery, Texas Lawyer, podcast, 2006
• When Bankruptcy Courts Can Refuse to Enforce Arbitration Agreements, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Retaining Key Employees in Bankruptcy, Texas Lawyer, 2006
• When the Dust Settles, The Deal, 2006
• Innovative Approaches to Complex Restructurings: Creating a New Chapter for Kaiser Aluminum and USG, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2006
• Pension Funding Legislation, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Sovereign Immunity and Bankruptcy, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Impact of the Bankruptcy Overhaul's Limits on Key Employee Retention, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Anna Nicole Smith Case, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Overseas Operations in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Anna Nicole Smith: Bankruptcy vs. Probate Jurisdiction, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Substantive Consolidation: An Important Tool, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006
• Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act, Texas Lawyer podcast, 2006

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