Jonathan Flaxer
Overview
Jonathan Flaxer has built a distinguished career in business bankruptcy law, representing a wide range of stakeholders in complex restructuring matters as he diligently aligns processes and outcomes with business and individual goals and objectives. He regularly advises companies experiencing financial distress, Chapter 11 trustees, plan administrators, indenture trustees, distressed debt investors, asset purchasers, and landlords in bankruptcy proceedings and insolvency-related litigation. He also frequently serves as a Chapter 11 trustee and plan administrator.
Jonathan’s experience includes successful negotiations of out-of-court workouts. His clients benefit from his strategic approach, deep knowledge of bankruptcy law, and practical ability to navigate the competing interests involved in distressed situations. He has been appointed a Chapter 11 trustee in several high-profile cases involving a real estate developer, a law firm, and a large construction company, a testament to the trust placed in his leadership and judgment by courts and colleagues alike.
In addition to his client work, Jonathan is an active member of several professional organizations and frequently writes and speaks on bankruptcy and restructuring topics, contributing to thought leadership in the field and staying at the forefront of developments that impact his clients.
Credentials
Education
- Brooklyn Law School (J.D.)
- New York University (B.A.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Clerk Experience
- The late Hon. Manuel J. Price, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2025
- New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2017-2024
- New York City Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Committee, Voidable Transactions Subcommittee
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Panel of Mediators
- “Second Circuit, Delaware Bankruptcy Court Disagree on Fraudulent Transfer Issue,” New York Law Journal, September 2016
- “Getting Even: Who Sues Whom?” American Bankruptcy Institute, May 2007
- “Trading Claims by Creditors’ Committee Members Without a Trading Order,” ABI Committee News, Volume 2, Number 1 / May 2005
- “The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005,” Special Bankruptcy Bulletin, April 2005
- “Looking to Buy Assets at a Bargain? Try Bankruptcy Court,” Association of Corporate Counsel, January 2004
- “Supreme Court Says Market Test is Key to ‘New Value’ Contribution,” Bankruptcy Yearbook Almanac, 2000
- Colloquium on International Insolvency Law, Groupe De Reflexion Sur L’Insolvabilite, Paris, February 1999
- “United States Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearings on UNCITRAL Cross-Border Insolvency Proposal,” INSOL International World, March 1998
- “Bankruptcy Court Power to Adjudicate Contract Disputes,” American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Winter 1994
- “Bankruptcy in China,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, June 1994