James L. Bromley is a partner based in the New York office.
Mr. Bromley’s practice includes bankruptcy, work-out and acquisition advice to debtors, creditors and strategic investors as well as litigation involving distressed, bankruptcy and insolvency matters. Mr. Bromley has substantial experience in international restructurings with difficult cross-border issues as well as particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions in the insolvency context, having represented strategic and financial acquirors, as well as sellers in transactions in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He has experience in a variety of industries, including real estate, financial services, energy, aviation, automotive, consumer goods and is well versed in issues involving complex capital structures. Mr. Bromley is also expert in the intersection of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with certain aspects of the U.S. tax (regarding net operating losses) and securities laws (regarding §1145 and registration exemptions).
Mr. Bromley regularly writes and speaks on bankruptcy and restructuring matters. Mr. Bromley is a member of INSOL International, the international organization of insolvency professionals, and a representative of INSOL to the Insolvency Law Working Group of UNCITRAL, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. Mr. Bromley has been an instructor on restructuring matters for INSOL, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Loan Syndications Trading Association (LSTA), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the Practising Law Institute, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York University School of Law Continuing Legal Education program, has been quoted on restructuring matters in publications such as
The New York Times and
The Washington Post, and has appeared on CNNfn. He is distinguished as one of the leading bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers by
Chambers USA. In addition, Mr. Bromley was recently honored as one of the "40 under 40" leading insolvency advisors by
Global Insolvency and Restructuring Review.
Mr. Bromley received a J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1989, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree,
summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Boston College in 1986.
Mr. Bromley is a member of the Bar of New York.