Jerrold L. Bregman

jbregman@curtis.com
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New York Office

Practice

Education

• J.D., Order of the Coif, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, 1990
• M.B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson Graduate School of Management, 1990
• B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley, 1986

Certification

• Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law, California Board of Legal Specialization, 1995

Associations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• California Bar Association

Select Representations

• Debtor in the Chapter 11 case of PlusFunds Group, Inc., the manager of a platform of hedge funds, in winding down its operations and resolving more than US$550 million of claims;
• Liquidator of Gruppo Covarra S.A. de C.V. in obtaining protection from litigation in the U.S. through an ancillary proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in aid of the company’s insolvency proceedings in Cuernavaca, Mexico;
• Reorganized Northwestern Corporation in connection with the resolution of tens of millions of dollars of claims;
• Shareholders of the debtor in connection with a mass tort Chapter 11 reorganization and the funding of debtor-in-possession and exit financing;
• Chair of the Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 case of Proxim Corporation, a wireless networking equipment and solutions provider;
• The Italian Extraordinary Administrator of Parmalat SpA in connection with the restructuring of certain subsidiaries in the U.S. and Latin America;
• Debtors in the Chapter 11 cases of Source Enterprises, publishers of The Source magazine, in their Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings;
• The Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board in connection with its US$110 million secured claim against the Chapter 11 debtor Geneva Steel;
• Creditors, swap counterparties and defendants in the Enron Corp., et al. Chapter 11 cases;
• Holder of a claim under a surety bond against Amwest Insurance Co., in liquidation proceedings for insurance companies under Nebraska law;
• A charitable organization, for the benefit of young women in Los Angeles, in winding down its operations and dissolving under applicable California state law (pro bono); and
• Defendants in numerous bankruptcy cases involving the pursuit of preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, subordination and other causes of action.