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Jeffrey Cohen

Partner
Chair, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Department

New York
T: +1 212.419.5868 F: +1 973.597.2400 jcohen@lowenstein.com
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A trusted advisor to unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, and distressed companies, Jeffrey Cohen leads the firm’s highly esteemed Bankruptcy & Restructuring department. His tenacious counsel has contributed greatly to increasing Lowenstein’s robust client base in retail bankruptcy, and is highly valued by distressed companies across the technology, consumer goods, and other sectors.

Jeff’s practice primarily centers on Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and related litigation. His recent representations include the creditors’ committees in H-Food Holdings (dba Hearthside Food Solutions), DRF Logistics, Mountain Sports (dba Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s Stores), Nevada Copper, New rue21 Holdco, Nogin, Anagram Holdings, Proterra, Williams Industrial Services Group, Benefytt Technologies, Tuesday Morning Corporation, Vital Pharmaceuticals (dba Bang Energy), Century 21 Department Stores, GNC, Sur La Table, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Murray Metallurgical Coal, The Northwest Company, and Maines Paper & Food Service.

With extensive experience in distressed corporate transactions, Jeff helps his clients implement strategies that maximize value and present a clear vision for the best path forward. He works closely with middle market companies and their boards of directors, management, and owners on out-of-court restructurings, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and Chapter 11 filings.

Jeff also provides counsel to private equity-sponsored and venture capital-backed distressed investors, representing boards and management in the out-of-court wind down or distressed M&A process. Most recently, Jeff represented several private equity sponsors in the out-of-court workouts of iFit Health & Fitness and Dunn Paper.

  • Iconic Consumer Brands and Their Creditors: Creditors’ committees of Atari, Lenox China, Brookstone, and Gibson Guitar; individual creditors include Under Armour, Fila USA, Columbia Sportswear, Brooks Running, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
  • Consumer Goods and Retail: Creditors’ committees of Century 21 Department Stores, GNC, Sur La Table, Modell’s Sporting Goods, The Northwest Company, Maines Paper & Food Service, United Sporting Companies, Fred’s, Gander Mountain, Vitamin World, Blockbuster Video, Filene’s Basement, Golfsmith, City Sports, Sharper Image, Pizzeria Uno, Vestis (Bob’s Stores, Eastern Mountain Sports, Sports Chalet), KB Toys, Levitz Furniture, Wickes Furniture, Bombay Company, Skymall, Allen's, Alexander Gallo Holdings, Signature Styles (dba Spiegel, Newport News, and ShapeFx), Archbrook Laguna Holdings, Oriental Trading, Claim Jumper Restaurants, Sports Collectibles (dba BC Sports), Goody's Family Clothing, Boscov's, Scooter Stores, Bachrach Clothing,  Troutman's Emporium, The Walking Co., Velo Holdings. Debtor representations include Crabtree & Evelyn, Metropark USA.
  • Manufacturing and Industrial: Creditors’ committees of Nevada Copper, Inc., Murray Metallurgical Coal, Mission Coal Company.
  • Sports, Technology, Media and Entertainment: National Football League in the Cumulus Media Chapter 11 cases; several New York Cosmos team players in the restructuring of the National American Soccer League (NASL) to avoid closure of the league in 2016; Beyond Oblivion creditors’ committee (music streaming service Chapter 11); KIT Digital, Fuhu (children’s Nabi™ tablets), Aquion, Hipcricket.
  • Distressed Technology Companies and the Internet-Connected Home: Debtors in Chapter 11, including Quirky, Inc. and Wink, Inc. in the sale of their assets to Flextronics, Inc.; Metromedia Fiber Network; out-of-court wind down and sale of LittleThings, Inc. to RockYou.
  • Italicized names indicate matters handled prior to joining Lowenstein.

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Education

  • St. John's University School of Law (J.D. 2000), cum laude; Articles Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review

    State University of New York at Albany (B.A. 1997), Criminal Justice and Political Science

Affiliations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • NYC Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Board Member
  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
    • Business Bankruptcy Committee
    • Co-chair, Business Bankruptcy Committees Subcommittee

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  • New York

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