James Savin
Partner
jsavin@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Oil & Gas
- Real Estate
- Solar
- Infrastructure & Transportation
- Special Situations
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Special Situations & Private Credit
- Private Credit
- Renewable Energy
- Geothermal
Biography
- Practice focuses on corporate restructurings and bankruptcy law with an emphasis on official and informal creditor groups.
- More than 20 years of experience advising on contentious and non-contentious restructuring matters in a range of industries.
James Savin represents official and informal committees of creditors (secured and unsecured), debtors, debtor-in-possession lenders and acquirers of businesses and assets in large, complex Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. His restructuring matters encompass a wide variety of industries and often involve multijurisdictional and cross-border issues.
Representative Work
- SVB: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, involving $3.4 billion in liabilities.
- Revlon: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured term loan lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Revlon and its affiliates, a personal care and cosmetics company that sells its products in approximately 150 countries, involving $3.5 billion in liabilities.
- Hertz: Counsel to an ad hoc group of second lien noteholders in the chapter 11 cases of Hertz and its affiliates, an international car rental company, involving $19 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Crédito Real: Counsel to an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders and lenders in the restructuring of Crédito Real and its affiliates, a Mexican nonbank financial institution, involving more than $2 billion in liabilities.
- Pacific Drilling: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured noteholders in the second chapter 11 restructuring of Pacific Drilling and its affiliates, an offshore ultra-deepwater drilling company, involving $1.1 billion in liabilities. Energy Deal of the Year (The M&A Advisor)
"He is very detailed, strategic and a strong negotiator. He is tough when he needs to be and he recommends thoughtful, creative solutions."
Chambers USA, 2022
EducationJ.D., Emory University School of Law, 1997
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1994
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1997
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
New York
District of Columbia
New York
Recognitions
- Washingtonian, “Top Lawyer” for Bankruptcy, 2018 and 2020.
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2009 to 2023.
- The Legal 500 US, Corporate Restructuring (including Bankruptcy), 2017 to 2018.