Jay M Goffman

Jay M. Goffman is the global co-head of Skadden’s Corporate Restructuring Group and a member of Skadden’s Policy Committee. He was named among “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” by The National Law Journal in March 2010 and was recognized as one of The American Lawyer’s “Dealmakers of the Year” in April 2011 for his work in restructuring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), the largest prepackaged bankruptcy ever completed in under 33 days. The vast majority of Mr. Goffman’s restructurings are completed through quick, cost-efficient out-of-court — or prepackaged — restructurings. Some of the highly successful out-of-court restructurings/recapitalizations led by Mr. Goffman include those of America West Airlines, Centro Properties Group, DS Waters, Everest Capital, Evergreen International Aviation, Globalstar, Intrawest Resorts, Ion Media, the Portland Trailblazers, RREEF, Offshore Logistics, Travelport, Torm and Westwood One. Mr. Goffman is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He also is a member of the International Insolvency Institute and a member of INSOL and its G36 Organization. Mr. Goffman serves on the Board of Directors and the International Restructuring Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute. In addition, for many years, he was Vice Chairman and a member of the Board of Trustees of the China Institute, and he currently is a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation. Mr. Goffman also was the Co-Chair of the ABI Commission’s Plan Process Committee, whose mandate was to evaluate all aspects of the plan of reorganization process in conjunction with a study of proposed revisions to the Bankruptcy Code. He also was Co-Chair of the Turnaround Management Association Futures Task Force. J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983 B.S., The State University of New York at Binghamton, 1980