Jason P. Rubin

Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Jason Rubin assists clients in corporate restructurings and creditors’ rights. He represents debtors, secured and unsecured lender groups, and official committees of unsecured creditors in large, complex Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Jason also works frequently with private equity investors pursuing strategies in distressed assets.

Jason is solution-focused and extremely responsive to his clients’ concerns and business imperatives. He is skilled in negotiating and finding creative solutions in highly charged business decisions involving corporate reorganizations across a variety of industries, including:

• Energy, in particular, oil and gas
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Telecommunications

Representative experience includes:

• GWG Holdings: Counsel to the Official Committee of Bondholders in the chapter 11 restructuring of over $2 billion in liabilities of GWG Holdings Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based financial services firm that invests in secondary life insurance assets and sells life insurance-backed bonds.
• Aeroméxico: Counsel to an ad hoc group of senior noteholders of Aerovías de México in the chapter 11 restructuring of $2 billion in liabilities of Aeroméxico, Mexico’s flagship airline.
• Global Eagle Entertainment: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 restructuring of approximately $1.1 billion in liabilities of Global Eagle Entertainment, a provider of media services and satellite Wi-Fi to aircraft, boats and remote locations. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
• CEC Entertainment: Counsel to an ad hoc group of first lien lenders in the chapter 11 restructuring of $2 billion in liabilities of CEC Entertainment, the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza.
• Sanchez Energy: Counsel to the company, an exploration and production company, in its chapter 11 restructuring of approximately $2.3 billion in liabilities.
• CHC Group Ltd.: Counsel to an informal secured noteholder group that served as plan sponsor in the chapter 11 restructuring of $2.19 billion in liabilities of CHC Group, a provider of helicopter transportation services to the offshore oil and gas industry. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
• EV Energy Partners: Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders in the chapter 11 restructuring of $654 million in liabilities of EV Energy Partners, an upstream master limited partnership that explores for oil and natural gas in the U.S.
• Nine West: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 restructuring of $1.6 billion in prepetition funded debt of Nine West, an American online fashion retailer. Deal of the Year (PETITION)
• Lightsquared: Counsel to the secured lenders in the chapter 11 restructuring of $2.29 billion in liabilities of Lightsquared, a 4G-LTE open network that provides mobile satellite voice and data services.
• Total Safety: Counsel to an ad hoc crossover group secured lenders in the out-of-court restructuring of Total Safety, an industrial safety service provider. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
• Chassix Holdings: Counsel to The Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 restructuring of $784 million in liabilities of Chassix Holdings, a supplier of castings and machined parts in the automotive industry.
• Brookstone: Counsel to the winning bidder in the Section 363 auction for Brookstone, a retailer of gifts, gadgets and specialty items.

Jason completed a J.D. in 2004 cum laude at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been nationally recommended by The Legal 500.