David M. Feldman is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group.
David’s practice focuses on the representation of banks, hedge funds, private equity firms and companies in a variety of bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings, distressed asset and debt transactions. Chambers USA describes him as “an excellent strategist with an ability to guide his clients through restructurings efficiently and successfully,” highlighting “his in-depth understanding of technical issues” and his “fantastic strategic vision.”
Awards and Accolades:
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, “Bankruptcy/Restructuring” (2009 – 2024)
- Lawdragon, “500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, “Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law” and “Bankruptcy Litigation” (2024)
- Who’s Who Legal, “Restructuring & Insolvency Guide” (2023)
- IFLR1000, “Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer in Restructuring and Insolvency” (2023)
- Expert Guides, “Banking, Finance and Transactional Guide” (2021)
- Turnarounds & Workouts Atlas Awards, “Pre-Pack Restructuring of the Year in Large Mid-Markets” (2021)
- Turnarounds & Workouts Atlas Awards, “Pharma Restructuring of the Year” (2020)
- Turnarounds & Workouts, “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer of the Year” (2017)
- Investment Dealers’ Digest, “Top 40 Under 40” (2007)
Representative Clients and Transactions:
- Advised Macquarie Asset Management in connection with the restructuring and sale of its real estate investments related to Steward Healthcare, a national health care company.
- Advised Braidwell, LP, a major biotech/healthcare investor, as majority lender to Nanostring, a genetics biotech company, in connection with Nanostring’s highly successful sale in bankruptcy.
- Advised HPS as majority second lender to Trimark, a leading national restaurant supply company, in connection with Trimark’s 2024 restructuring.
- Advised an ad hoc bondholders group in connection with the restructuring of Accelerate Diagnostics Inc., an in vitro diagnostics company.
- Advised F45 Training Holdings Inc., a fitness franchisor, on its out of court restructuring.
- Advised Fortress Investment Group as creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Vice Group Holding Inc., a digital media and entertainment platform.
- Advised an ad hoc group of first lien lenders in the multi-billion dollar debt restructuring of Envision Healthcare, a national medical group and KKR portfolio company.
- Represented Wine.com, a national wine eRetailer, in connection with an out-of-court restructuring and rescue loan.
- Advised Vistra Corp. and its subsidiary, Luminant Energy Company, in connection with financial and strategic interests at stake in Just Energy’s chapter 15 proceeding in the S.D. Texas, as well as representing Luminant as plaintiff-intervenor in related adversary proceeding.
- Advised an ad hoc group of secured lenders to Mallinckrodt PLC in a multi-billion dollar prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring with secured creditors and an opioid trust formed in its previous bankruptcy case.
David received his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1993. He graduated from Cornell University in 1989. Mr. Feldman clerked for Chief Judge William H. Gindin, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, for two years following law school. Mr. Feldman is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.
Court Admissions:
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1996
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1995
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1993
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Yeshiva University - 1993 Juris Doctor
- Cornell University - 1989 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, New Jersey, Hon. William Gindin, 1994 - 1995