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David L. Lawton

Of Counsel

Hartford Phone +1.860.240.2535 Fax +1.860.240.2800

One State St.//Hartford, CT 06103-3178//United States

David L. Lawton represents private and public bondholders, banks, hedge funds, and other institutional lenders and equity groups in complex workouts, insolvency proceedings, and related litigation in domestic and international corporate financial restructurings. David has experience in the energy, agribusiness, mining, real estate, retail, and entertainment sectors, among others. He is well-versed in cross-border restructurings, with experience in Australia as well as domestic chapter 11 and chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings. David also represents foreign administrators in cross-border insolvencies and advises clients concerning foreign investments and insolvency regimes, creditors’ rights and intercreditor issues.

selected representations

  • Represents an ad hoc bondholder group in the ongoing restructuring of over $140 billion of obligations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in its PROMESA proceedings.
  • Represented second lien lenders in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of EXCO Resources and Warren Resources.
  • Represented RBL lenders in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Penn Virginia.
  • Represented a private equity fund in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Miller Energy.
  • Represented the ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of Elders Limited (Australia).
  • Represented the ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of Midwest Vanadium (Australia).
  • Represented the ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of Centro Properties (Australia).
  • Represented the ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of Bluescope Steel (Australia).
  • Represented the ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of Australia Education Trust.
  • Represented an ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of Foxwoods Casino.
  • Represented the ad hoc noteholder group in the restructuring of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority.
  • Represented a French investment bank in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
  • Represented a French investment bank in the restructuring of monoline CIFG.

Awards and Affiliations

Recommended, Finance: Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate, The Legal 500 US (2022)

Board of Trustees, American College of Investment Counsel

Member, INSOL International

Editorial Board Member, INSOL International ENL

Rising Star, Financial Restructuring, IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate (2016–2019, 2021)

Recognized, 40 Under Forty, Hartford Business Journal

Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • New York
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • US District Court for the District of Connecticut
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • University of Connecticut School of Law, 2006, J.D.
  • l’Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III, 2000, Licence-ès-Lettres, Sciences du Langage
  • Point Loma Nazarene University, 1996, B.A., Religion, with distinction

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Publications

10/22/2021 - Equitable Mootness: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari, INSOL International
October 2020 - Pandemic Prepacks: Making the Most of Chapter 11, with the Least of Chapter 11, INSOL International
August 2020 - Tenth Circuit: Proceeds from Fraudulently Transferred Property Not Recoverable
6/23/2020 - Dual-Tracking Expedited Bankruptcy: Skillsoft Enters Chapter 11 with Options
6/3/2020 - A Faster, Cheaper, More Efficient Way to Restructure, Law360
5/26/2020 - Out-of-Court Restructurings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 2020 - Bankruptcy During COVID-19: Three Expedited Options, INSOL
May 2020 - US Bankruptcy Court Relief Amid COVID-19, Bloomberg Law
4/27/2020 - Bankruptcy During COVID-19: Three Expedited Options
April 22, 2020 (Updated May 6, 2020) - US Bankruptcy Courts Offer Extraordinary Relief Amid COVID-19
October 2019 - Getting More out of Your “Stay” in the United States: Brazilian Insolvency and the Investigative Powers of Chapter 15, INSOL International Newsletter