Jonathan M. Dunworth

Jonathan M. Dunworth is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn where he practices in the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Jonathan advises ad hoc groups and lenders on a variety of corporate restructurings, including liability management transactions, distressed financings and exchanges, chapter 11 reorganizations, and out-of-court recapitalizations.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• An ad hoc group of DIP lenders and term loan lenders in the $1.1 billion new money debtor-in-possession financing and chapter 11 cases of First Brands Group, a global automotive aftermarket parts supplier.
• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders to Upstream Rehab, in a $1.12 billion comprehensive, pro-rata, amend & extend transaction.
• An ad hoc group of lenders and noteholders to Zayo, a communications infrastructure provider, on its $8.5 billion amend and extend transaction and structured financing commitment for Zayo’s acquisition of fiber solutions provider Crown Castle.
• An ad hoc group of lenders and noteholders to Astound Broadband, in its $5.7 billion comprehensive, pro-rata, amend & extend transaction that included a significant junior capital contribution.
• An ad hoc group of secured lenders to Altice France in its €25 billion restructuring, which represented the first large scale liability management transaction in Europe. 
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Quest Software, a software solutions provider, on a $3.85 billion cutting-edge LME transaction involving movement of Quest’s One Identity business to a structurally senior entity, facilitating future M&A activity, debt incurrence, and material discount capture.
• A group of secured lenders and DIP lenders to Robertshaw in its pre-arranged chapter 11 cases, which were confirmed after a lengthy adversary proceeding in the Southern District of Texas. 
• The sponsor to Anthology, Inc. in its pre-negotiated chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. 
• An ad hoc group of controlling first lien lenders in the pre-packaged chapter 11 cases of Dynata, LLC the restructured over $1.3 billion in funded debt. 
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Tradesmen International in its fully consensual out of court restructuring.
• Braidwell LP in the chapter 11 cases of Nanostring which resulted in a third party sale that satisfied all claims in full.
• An ad hoc group of secured lenders in the pre-arranged chapter 11 cases of Cano Health. 
• An ad hoc group of first lenders and noteholders to Air Medical in a distressed exchange transaction involving approximately $4 billion in debt.   
• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders to Malinckrodt Plc in its prepackaged chapter 11 cases that restructured approximately $4.9 billion in funded debt. 
• An ad hoc group of lenders and noteholders to Radiology Partners in its distressed amend & extend transaction, which included a paydown of $250 million of secured debt funded by a $700 million preferred equity contribution.
• An ad hoc group of secured lenders holding over $3 billion in debt issued by physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare in connection with its Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding.
• An ad hoc group of controlling first lien term lenders Cyxtera Technologies in connection with its prenegotiated chapter 11 cases and the sale transaction consummated in connection therewith.   
• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders to Isagenix in its out of court restructuring that obtained 100% consent from its existing lenders.   

Jonathan received his law degree, magna cum laude, in in 2019 from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy. He received his B.A. in Economics from Fordham University in 2012.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jonathan was an associate in the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency group of another major law firm in New York.

Capabilities

• Business Restructuring and Reorganization
• Liability Management and Special Situations

Credentials

Education:

• Washington University in St. Louis - 2019 Juris Doctor
• Fordham University - 2012 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar