Jack’s practice focuses on finance and general business matters. He has a wide range of experience, ranging from energy projects to representing debtors and creditors in insolvency proceedings, structured finance, and public and private debt and equity offerings.

Jack has worked with domestic and foreign corporations, banks, hedge funds, partnerships, limited liability companies and foreign governments on a variety of matters. He has represented developers, buyers and sellers of energy assets, as well as lenders to energy projects. He has represented securitization sponsors and servicers of various financial assets. In addition, he has worked with both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency matters with respect to energy and securitization matters.

Relevant Experience

• Represented a biogas energy company in its bankruptcy proceedings, including the sale of its US assets to a stalking-horse bidder, and the restructuring of its overseas debt.
• Represented the buyer of an electric-generating biomass facility.
• Represented American Transmission Company LLC in the organization and acquisition of transmission assets from five Wisconsin utilities.
• Represented an electric utility affiliate in connection with a 150 MW co-generation facility on state-owned land, including preparing ownership, operating and maintenance, and lease documents, and financing the facility through a private placement.
• Represented an electric utility affiliate in its investment in two new 615 MW coal-fired generating facilities, including preparing ownership, operating and maintenance, and lease documents.
• Represented an electric utility in its proposed sale of a minority interest in a 3200 MW coal-fired generating facility.

• Represented an African government with respect to the construction and financing of a gas pipeline and conversion of existing turbines.
• Represented an African government with respect to the possible installation of LNG facilities.
• Represented an African government in the development of a 250 MW hydro-electric facility.
• Represented the investors in a US hydro-electric project on the Atchafalaya River.
• Represented the lenders in connection with the workout of their debt in a gasification-technology company.
• Represented an energy services company in its participation in the development and installation of gas-fired turbines.
• Represented an energy services company in the development of a stand-alone compressed air facility for a manufacturing plant.
• Represented a hedge fund with respect to its workout and the sale of its mortgage servicing arm.
• Represented an SBA lender in its bankruptcy proceedings and subsequent sale.
• Represented two venture capital funds, one domestic and one focused on Africa.
• Represented several Japanese companies with respect to various activities in the United States.
• Represented issuers in over 100 securitizations involving several billion dollars of mortgage loans, manufactured housing contracts and auto loans.
• Represented servicers of various asset classes.
• Represented conduit issuers with respect to their acquisition of mortgage loans and subsequent securitizations.
• Represented mortgage accumulators with respect to various warehouse financing arrangements.
• Represented issuers and underwriters with respect to various REIT offerings and financings.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Michigan Law School, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Michigan Law Review, 1979BA, Philosophy and History-Education, Michigan State University, Phi Beta Kappa, 1974