Scott J. Greenberg

Scott J. Greenberg is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office, Global Chair of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group and a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Scott focuses on representing debtors and creditors in in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Chambers USA describes Scott as “a great deal lawyer” and “one of the best in the market at navigating complex situations." They also note that he “offers strong expertise representing lenders in connection with Chapter 11 cases. He has significant experience acting on notable cases in the retail and pharmaceutical sectors.”

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, “Bankruptcy/Restructuring” (2016 – 2024)
• The Best Lawyers in America®, “Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law”, and “Bankruptcy Litigation” (2024)
• IFLR1000, “Highly Regarded” (2024)
• New York Metro Super Lawyers (2016 – 2024)
• Lawdragon, ““Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyer” (2023 - 2024), “Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer” (2022), and “500 Leading Lawyers in America” (2022)
• The Legal 500 US, “Leading Lawyer: Restructuring” (2023)
• Turnarounds & Workouts, “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer” (2020 – 2022)
• The American Lawyer, “Dealmaker of the Year” (2021)
• Law360, “Bankruptcy MVP” and “Rising Star” (2015)

Scott represents distressed companies as lead counsel and has a market-leading practice on the credit side where he recently represented term lenders in:

• The restructuring of Global Medical Response, America’s leading provider of ground medical transportation and mobile healthcare services.
• The $946 million out-of-court debt restructuring of Jo-Ann Stores and its affiliates.
• The out-of-court distressed exchange for Radiology Partners, implementing a complex-multi-tranche exchange that involved a paydown of $250 million of secured debt and the issuance of $720 million of new equity.
• The prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring of Mallinckrodt plc and opioid trust formed in its previous bankruptcy case.
• The comprehensive, cross-border recapitalization of Venator Materials PLC, a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, through a prepackaged Chapter 11 process.
• The $1.2 billion Chapter 11 restructuring of North America’s largest cinema advertising network National CineMedia.
• The restructuring of Cyxtera Technologies, a Miami-based data center colocation and interconnection services provider.
• The debt restructuring of Envision Healthcare, a national medical group and KKR portfolio company.
• The out-of-court restructuring of Elevate Textile which reduced the company’s debt load to $384 million from $778 million.
• Filing for Chapter 11 protection to curt more than $8 billion of debt for Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
• The $3.44 billion amend-and-extend transaction for Intrado, providing a substantial paydown and de-leveraging of the company.
• The out-of-court debt restructuring of The Geo Group, Inc., a fully integrated real estate investment trust.
• The $1.7 billion in debt issued by LED manufacturer Lumileds, LLC in connection with their successful prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization.
• The $6 billion sale of specialty pharmaceutical company Endo International’s assets to first-lien lenders in Chapter 11, ending a multiyear effort to resolve opioid liabilities.
• The debt restructuring of Form Technologies, a global oilfield products company.
• The $1 billion in-court debt restructuring of business process outsourcing company iQor US Inc.
• The Chapter 11 restructuring of private equity-backed restaurant franchisee NPC International after reaching a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with lenders.
• A $120 million term loan financing and sale of €160 of Tranche 1 Notes in the restructuring of Technicolor, SA.
• The $630.5 million out-of-court restructuring of Global Eagle Entertainment’s liquidity and capital structure.
• Serta Simmon’s sweeping victory in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, providing one of the largest bedding manufacturers in North America with capital structure relief and upholding the validity of a market-changing pre-bankruptcy financing transaction.

Scott received his law degree in 2002, with honors, from Emory University School of Law, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude from Boston University in 1999.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Scott was a partner at Jones Day from 2013 to 2019, where he also served as co-head of the Jones Day Business Restructuring & Reorganization practice. He began his career as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in their restructuring practice.

Scott is Chairman of the Board of One Simple Wish, a not-for-profit assisting children in foster care in the U.S.

Capabilities

• Business Restructuring and Reorganization
• Liability Management and Special Situations

Credentials

Education:

• Emory University - 2002 Juris Doctor
• Boston University - 1999 Bachelor of Science

Admissions:

• New York Bar