Howley, Thomas A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Tom Howley advises clients involved in financially distressed situations throughout the United States. He represents hedge funds, distressed investors, special situation lenders, ad hoc committees, official committees of creditors, and companies in need of restructuring advice, in distressed corporate acquisitions and divestitures, workouts, reorganizations, and chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Tom's representative experience includes the official committee of unsecured noteholders in the chapter 11 cases of Energy Partners Limited and its affiliated debtors, the majority secured noteholder in the workout of an independent exploration and production company, and Corus Bank in the chapter 11 case of a large condominium project.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Tom advised: Prime Succession, along with 47 related debtors, in their chapter 11 cases filed in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Tony Roma's restaurant chain; NexBank in the successful credit bid acquisition of Marcal Paper Mills out of chapter 11 in Newark, New Jersey; and an ad hoc committee of secured lenders in the JHT Trucking Company cases filed in Wilmington, Delaware. He also represented hedge funds and special situation investors in workouts and chapter 11 cases across the country.

Tom is the past treasurer and current vice president of Business Bankruptcy for the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and is a past president and current board member of the Houston Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Areas of Practice

• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Bondholder Committees
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Distressed Company Litigation
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Secured Lender Groups

Representative Cases

• Corus Bank successfully forecloses upon Almeda North Tower property

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Dissolution, Foreclosures, Garnishment, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Securities Law, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Indiana U - Bloomington (Main)
• U of Louisville

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3790 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com