Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

David Beck's practice focuses on bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, and insolvency-related matters, with an emphasis on the representation of debtors and major creditors in chapter 11 proceedings. He has been extensively involved in Jones Day's representation of the debtors in the chapter 11 proceedings of Dana Corporation (auto parts supplier), Levitz Home Furnishings (furniture retailer), USG Corporation (building supply manufacturer), National Century Financial Enterprises (the largest financier of health care accounts receivable in the U.S.), Laidlaw (holding company for a multinational transportation conglomerate with concurrent cases in the United States and Canada), NexPak Corporation (leading manufacturer of packaging for video games, DVDs, and VHS tapes), HQ Global Workplaces (provider of furnished office space), NationsRent (provider of rental construction equipment), Loewen Group International (North America's second largest operator of funeral homes and cemeteries), LTV Corporation (second bankruptcy of steel company), Amfac Hawaii (Hawaiian real estate developer), and Imperial Home Decor Group (largest manufacturer of wallpaper in the U.S.). David also participated heavily in Jones Day's representation of the Canadian company Teleglobe in the chapter 11 filings of its U.S. subsidiaries.

David worked on the representation of National Century Financial Enterprises as the largest creditor in the bankruptcy cases of several of its financing clients. He continues to represent two of the liquidating trusts established under NCFE's chapter 11 plan in the liquidation of their remaining assets. In addition, he has provided advice to Firm clients in their dealings with financially troubled companies both inside and outside of bankruptcy. David has been involved in Jones Day's defense of several Firm clients against preference or fraudulent claims being asserted by chapter 11 debtors or liquidating trusts. David also has been involved in counseling several of the Firm's clients regarding the fraudulent conveyance risks of proposed mergers and other significant transactions. He also has participated in the Firm's representation of purchasers or potential purchasers of assets out of major chapter 11 cases, including assisting in Jones Day's representation of International Coal Group in the acquisition of assets out of the Horizon Natural Resources bankruptcy.

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• Acquisition Financing of CFM Corporation
• Acquisition of Dominion Homes, Inc.
• AZ Automotive Corporation Restructuring
• Buyout
• Chapter 11 Asbestos Case
• Chapter 11 Case
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Trustee
• Global Restructuring Matters – Cross-Border Reorganizations
• Global Restructuring Matters – Cross-Border Reorganizations
• Horizon Natural Resources
• Investment by Centerbridge Capital Partners
• Restructuring , (2009)
• Sale of Trailer Axle Manufacturing Business
• Significant Creditor Representations
• Stelco Inc.

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Foreclosures, Garnishment, International Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Securities Law, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Published Works

• Transforming Debt to Equity: Fourth Circuit Rules That Bankruptcy Courts Have the Power to Recharacterize, coauthor, ABF Journal at 44., 2007
• Transforming Debt to Equity, 2006
• Sublicensing from a Distressed Company: Is your Future in the Debtor's Hands?, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 2006
• 1st Circuit Permits Recoupment of Medicare Overpayments, 2004
• Stipulated Order Allowing Claim Precludes Avoidance Action, 2003
• Economic Nexus: Is it Headed for the Supreme Court?, 2001

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3935 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com