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Bruce S. Nathan

Partner

New York
T: +1 212.204.8686 F: +1 973.422.6851 bnathan@lowenstein.com
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With nearly 45 years of experience in the bankruptcy and insolvency space, Bruce Nathan is a recognized leader in trade creditor rights and the representation of trade creditors in bankruptcy and other legal matters. He has represented trade and other unsecured creditors, unsecured creditors' committees, secured creditors, and other interested parties in many of the larger Chapter 11 cases that have been filed. Bruce also handles letters of credit, guarantees, security, consignment, bailment, tolling, precious metals leases, and other agreements with financially distressed counterparties, as well as other credit-related legal issues for institutional clients.

Bruce’s experience spans a broad range of industries, including agriculture, food and beverage, paper, publishing, media, floor covering, furniture, chemicals, manufacturing, and precious metals. His recent creditors’ committee engagements include MVK FarmCo (dba Prima Wawona), Pegasus Home Fashions, Nielsen & Bainbridge (NBG Home), and Gold Standard Baking.

With a national creditors’ rights practice, Bruce has recently advised trade and other unsecured creditors in a broad range of complex matters, including:

  • Representation of a precious metals lessor in the Instant Brands Chapter 11 case
  • Representation of a pipe supplier in conjunction with the enforcement of its statutory mechanic’s / materialman’s lien rights in the Chapter 11 cases of MDC Energy and EdgeMarc Energy Holdings
  • Representation of three major book publishers and two major paper-product manufacturers and distributors in the Chapter 11 cases of LSC Communications

Bruce is a frequent presenter at industry conferences throughout the country, as well as a prolific author on bankruptcy and creditors' rights topics. His articles frequently appear in publications by the National Association of Credit Management, Credit Research Foundation (CRF), and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). He is a co-author of “Model Business Credit Application and Terms and Conditions of Sale,” published by CRF and Lowenstein Sandler in 2023; “A Business Guide to Antitrust for Credit Professionals,” initially published by CRF and Lowenstein Sandler in 2020 (updated in 2023); and "Trade Creditor’s Risk-Mitigation Tools and Remedies Manual," published by ABI in 2019.

Bruce is a former member of ABI's Board of Directors, former co-chair of ABI's Unsecured Trade Creditors’ Committee, and former co-chair of the Avoiding Powers Committee that worked with the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11.

  • Representation of unsecured creditors’ committees in numerous food and agriculture Chapter 11 cases, including MVK FarmCo (dba Prima Wawona), Gold Standard Baking, Maines Paper & Food Service, NORPAC Foods, and Ultimate Nutrition
  • Representation of unsecured creditors' committees in Chapter 11 bankruptcies of integrated poultry producers Zacky Farms, Townsends, Allen's Family Foods, and Cagle's, as well as integrated hog producer as Agfeed USA
  • Representation of unsecured creditors' committees in Chapter 11 cases of Draw Another Circle, Source Home Entertainment, Borders Group, and Nebraska Book Company, involving book publishers as creditors
  • Representation of unsecured creditors' committees in Chapter 11 cases of debtors in the chemical and metal industries, including Southeastern Metals Products, Fibrant, CST Industries, and Noranda Aluminum
  • Representation of unsecured creditors' committees in various other Chapter 11 cases, including Pegasus Home Fashions, Nielsen & Bainbridge (NBG Home), Congoleum Corporation, Malibu Lighting Corp., Coldwater Creek, SP Newsprint Holdings
  • Representation of individual creditors in one or more of the following bankruptcy cases: Bed Bath & Beyond, Instant Brands, Rite Aid, Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Revlon, J.C. Penney, Fieldwood Energy, LSC Communications, Nieman Marcus, Dean Foods, PG&E, MDC Energy, Hexion Holdings, EdgeMarc Energy Holdings, Takata, Verso Corporation,  Sears/Kmart, Eastman Kodak, NewPage Corporation, Anderson News, Lyondell Chemical Company, Chrysler, Linens ‘N Things, Quebecor World, AbitibiBowater, Delphi Corporation
  • Representing clients purchasing assets in Chapter 11 and other bankruptcy cases
  • Prosecuting and defending preference and fraudulent transfer actions

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Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1980)

    Wharton School of Finance and Business (M.B.A. 1980)

    University of Rochester (B.A. 1976), Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

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