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About Jack O'Connor
Jack is a corporate and restructuring partner in the Chicago office of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP. Jack’s practice covers a range of healthy and distressed business engagements. He is widely recognized for his excellent work as a restructuring attorney including recognition by various organizations for his strategic thinking and tactical expertise, including SuperLawyers Magazine, Leading Lawyers Magazine, and the Turnaround Management Association. Jack leads Sugar Felsenthal’s “Vice,” practice, working with business clients in the Beer, Spirits, and Cannabis industries.
Articles by Jack O'Connor
Dealing with Corporate Distress 18: Buying & Selling Distressed Businesses
Sellers and buyers must know the key elements of selling a distressed business outside of bankruptcy. Levels of protection vary on both sides.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 17: Focus on Assuming & Rejecting Executory Contracts & Unexpired Leases in Bankruptcy
Legal framework governing assumption, assignment, and rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases in bankruptcy can be complicated.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 16: Overview of Bankruptcy Code § 365
In this installment, get an overview of Section 365 and understand how executory contracts can keep distressed businesses afloat.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 15: Digging into DIP Financing & Cash Collateral Motions in Bankruptcy
Will lenders loan to a company in bankruptcy? In this installment, uncover the many intricacies of DIP financing & cash collateral motions in bankruptcy.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 14: The Secured Creditor’s Perspective About its Debtors
Let’s take a look at bankruptcy from the secured creditor’s perspective (they play a large role in a distressed business situation). Read about what a secured creditor should know when a business files for bankruptcy.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 13: The Unsecured Creditor’s Perspective About its Debtors
Being an unsecured creditor is not an enviable position. How must unsecured creditors conduct themselves to mitigate the risks associated with distress?
Dealing with Corporate Distress 12: Meet Our Little Friend, The UCC
In this installment we introduce you to the UCC generally, focusing on Article 9 to illustrate its importance in the context of business distress.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 11: How to Protect Your Claim In & Out of Bankruptcy
A Series on the ABCs of ABCs, when it comes to claims there’s a plethora of them. From secured to unsecured, to bankruptcy and trade. Read all the basics in this installment of Dealing with Corporate Distress. This Installment covers how to protect you claim in a bankruptcy case.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 10: All About “Claims” Outside Bankruptcy
A Series on the ABCs of ABCs, when it comes to claims there’s a plethora of them. From secured, to unsecured, to bankruptcy, and trade. Read all the basics in this installment of Dealing with Corporate Distress. This Installment expands on the complexity of claims and claim priority in bankruptcy.
Dealing with Corporate Distress 09: All About “Claims” in Bankruptcy
A Series on the ABCs of ABCs, when it comes to claims there’s a plethora of them. From secured, to unsecured, to bankruptcy, and trade. Read all the basics in this installment of Dealing with Corporate Distress.