Jacob Johnson

Jacob Johnson is an insolvency professional whose practice straddles structured finance and traditional bankruptcy and out-of-court representations.

Jacob is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group. He represents clients in a wide range of insolvency matters both in and out of court.

In court, Jacob represents clients in domestic and cross-border cases under the Bankruptcy Code, receiverships (creditor, regulatory, and SEC), ABCs, and state-law liquidations. He also represents clients in complex domestic and cross-border insolvency-related litigation, with a particular focus on complicated financial transactions. Outside the courtroom, Jacob negotiates out-of-court debt restructurings and business-separation agreements and counsels banks, large corporations, funds, and smaller companies in a wide variety of insolvency matters related to investment structures, corporate transactions, credit-risk mitigation, and financial services.