Jesse Kitnick is an associate in the Restructuring Department of Weil’s New York office.
Jesse received his J.D., cum laude, from Cardozo School of Law, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Cardozo Law Review. Prior to joining Weil, Jesse worked for a national law firm and focused on a broad range of insolvency-related matters.
Jesse has played a role on a number of teams advising:
Debtor/Company-Side Experience:
- Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based software developer in its chapter 11 cases, involving billions of dollars in claims asserted by the S.E.C. in ongoing litigation. Terraform Labs is a software development company that develops and supports (i) software used to create and run the Terra blockchain network, a unique decentralized digital ledger of peer-to-peer transactions involving digital assets, and (ii) an entire suite of tools, protocols, and applications that operate on the Terra blockchain.
Creditor/Sponsor/Other Party Experience:
- Eli Lilly and Company and its subsidiary Prevail Therapeutics, Inc. as creditors and purchaser of certain intellectual property in the insolvency proceedings of Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc., a gene therapy company.
- An ad hoc group of secured noteholders in the chapter 11 cases of 99 Cents Only Stores, a discount retailer.