Sabina Jacobs Margot is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization and Global Finance practice groups.

Ms. Jacobs Margot practices in all aspects of corporate reorganization and handles a wide range of bankruptcy and restructuring matters, representing debtors, lenders, equity holders, and strategic buyers in chapter 11 cases, sales and acquisitions, bankruptcy litigation, and financing transactions.  Ms. Jacobs Margot also represents borrowers, sponsors, and lending institutions in connection with acquisition financings, secured and unsecured credit facilities, asset-based loans, and debt restructurings.

Representative Bankruptcy Matters*

• Sports Authority Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (currently pending).
• The Yucaipa Companies in the Fresh & Easy, LLC chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• The Standard Register Company and its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• The Yucaipa Companies in the hotly contested bankruptcy case and related adversary proceedings of Allied Systems Holdings Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• US Airways Group, Inc. in the American Airlines chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the US Airways/American Airlines merger.
• Toshiba Corporation in its acquisition of OCZ Technology Group through a section 363 sale process in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• The Yucaipa Companies in their acquisition of Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc. through a section 363 sale process in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• The Yucaipa Companies in their acquisition of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) through a plan of reorganization in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Tuscany International Drilling Inc., a Canadian oilfield service provider, in its chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• USEC (Centrus Energy Corp.) in its chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Representative Finance Matters*

• A major transportation and logistics company with respect to the acquisition financing for a $610 million purchase of a highly leveraged company in the same industry and its subsequent refinancing.
• A global footwear manufacturer and its subsidiaries in a complex restructuring.
• A real estate investment and development company in a refinancing in connection with the acquisition of a hotel.
• A private equity firm in connection with the refinancing of one of its portfolio companies.
• JP Morgan Securities LLC as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with the exit facility for Sorenson Communications, Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• A consortium of lenders in connection with a bridge facility and exit facility for Physiotherapy Holdings, Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Bank of America, N.A. as lender in connection with acquisition financing for Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC.

Ms. Jacobs Margot currently serves as Treasurer for the Southern California Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Financial Lawyers Conference.  She also served as a staff attorney for the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 and edited the Final Report and Recommendations of the ABI Commission.

Ms. Jacobs Margot is a member of the Leadership Council of the Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice and has handled various pro bono matters in partnership with the Alliance for Children’s Rights, Bet Tzedek, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inner City Law Center, and Public Counsel.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Jacobs Margot served as the law clerk to the Honorable Brendan L. Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware from 2010 to 2011 and was an associate with Latham & Watkins LLP from 2011 to 2014.  Ms. Jacobs Margot earned her Juris Doctor cum laude in 2010 from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.  While in law school, she also held judicial externships with the Honorable Richard M. Neiter and the Honorable Thomas B. Donovan, both of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

*Includes matters Ms. Jacobs Margot handled prior to her association with Gibson Dunn.