Justin Kanoff is an associate in the Restructuring Department of Weil’s New York office.
Justin received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law, with Honors, and his B.S. from The Ohio State University. He serves as a teaching assistant for a business reorganization course at Cardozo Law School and is a regular contributor to the Weil Restructuring Blog. Justin has been recognized for his pro bono efforts, including for his role in representing the N.Y. Police and Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund.
Justin has played a role on a number of teams advising:
Debtor/Company-side Experience
- Representation of a leading independent entertainment company in connection with a restructuring of over $700 million in funded debt through a consensual out-of-court recapitalization transaction.
- Evergreen Gardens Mezz LLC and certain subsidiaries in connection with their restructuring and the $506 million sale of certain residential real estate properties, pursuant to a confirmed chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
- Healogics, Inc., the nation’s leading wound-care center operations provider, on a comprehensive restructuring of over $860 million in funded debt through an out-of-court debt-for-equity exchange, resulting in a $450m deleveraging that obtained 100% participation from its lenders and provided Healogics with $240 million in new equity financing. As part of the transaction, the Company also secured a new $30M revolving credit facility, in addition to a new $370 million first lien term loan.
Creditor/Other Experience:
- American International Group, Inc., as equity holder and largest unsecured creditor owed approximately $37.5 billion, in connection with the chapter 11 case of AIG Financial Products Corp.