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Jordan Wishnew

Jordan Wishnew

Counsel

212.701.3450
718.603.8640
jwishnew@cahill.com
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
32 Old Slip
New York, NY 10005

Practices

Education

  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2002
  • Emory University, B.A., 1999

Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.
  • U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y.
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, D.N.J.

Jordan Wishnew is counsel in the New York office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP where he focuses his practice on a wide variety of restructuring-related matters representing banks, distressed investment funds, direct lenders and other strategic parties in out-of-court restructurings and workouts, bankruptcies and other special situations such as financings (including DIP, exit and rescue financings), execution of remedy enforcement measures, distressed asset acquisitions, and corporate wind downs.

Prior to joining Cahill, Jordan was seconded to the legal department at Barclays where he served as in-house counsel to the Special Asset Management and Restructuring Finance groups at Barclays and covered all domestic restructuring and bankruptcy matters for the bank.

Jordan is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys.

Prior to joining Cahill, Jordan has represented agent banks, ad hoc lender and noteholder groups, debtors and direct lenders in numerous in-court and out-of-court restructurings such as:

  • Posadas: Represented ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases of Grupo Posadas and its affiliates.
  • Windstream Holding of the Midwest: Represented ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Windstream Holdings and its affiliates.
  • Frontier Communications: Represented ad hoc group of operating company noteholders in connection with the restructuring of Frontier Communications and its affiliates.
  • Stoneway: Represented debtors in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Stoneway Capital Ltd. and its affiliates.
  • Hornblower Cruises: Represented ad hoc group of first lien lenders in connection with super priority financing facilities and related amendments to existing loan documents.
  • US Shipping: Represented ad hoc group of first lien lenders in connection with exposure under credit agreement.
  • Port of Wilmington: Represented ad hoc group of secured noteholders in complex workout. 
  • CTI Foods: Represented Barclays as provider of DIP and exit financing.
  • Tupperware: Represented ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with senior notes issued by Tupperware Brands Corporation.
  • Dynamic Energy Services: Represented agent and ad hoc group of lenders in connection with workout of oil field services company.
  • AMR Corporation Chapter 11 Cases: Represented ad hoc group of equity holders in connection with the Chapter 11 case of AMR Corporation.
  • Medley Capital: Represented Medley in various complex workouts, including workouts utilizing foreclosure under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.