David Kurzweil

Practice Areas

Restructuring & Bankruptcy

Banking & Financial Services

Finance

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Energy & Natural Resources

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care

Career

David Kurzweil Co-Chairs the firm’s Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice and is the Co-Chair of the Financial Institutions Practice. David has 30 years of experience representing corporations, partnerships, and financial institutions. He provides innovative strategies to clients across a wide range of industries, including energy, retail, health care, technology, manufacturing, cable television, publishing, real estate, transportation, and professional corporations. With wide-ranging experience in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, David represents financial institutions, hedge funds, debtors, creditors’ committees, and trustees. He has negotiated workouts from both the standpoint of counsel for the creditor and the debtor. In addition, he frequently represents financial institutions and companies in out-of-court debt restructurings. David also represents financial institutions in all types of financing, including asset-based loans and debtor-in-possession financing transactions.

David has played a key role in numerous restructurings, including C&J Energy Services, Ltd.; Ryckman Creek Resources, LLC; Buffetts, LLC; Buccaneer Energy Ltd.; KiOR Inc.; DirectBuy Holdings, Inc.; Piccadilly Restaurants, LLC; GTM Energy Partners, LLC; Bruno's Supermarkets, LLC; Atlantis Plastics, Inc.; Carraway Methodist Health Systems, Inc.; Tom’s Foods; and Centennial Healthcare Corporation. The C&J Energy Services, Ltd. restructuring was named one of Turnarounds & Workouts’ “Success Restructurings 2016”, and “2017 Corporate Turnaround of the Year” by Global M&A Network.

Concentrations:

Financial restructuring

Asset-based lending

Creditors' rights

Commercial litigation

Professional Memberships

Commercial Finance Association - National; Member, Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Education Foundation, 2015-2016

Board Member, Commercial Finance Association - Georgia

Board Member, Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation

Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Member, Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section

Member, State Bar of Georgia, Bankruptcy Law and Creditors' Rights Sections

Member, Turnaround Management Association

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2004-2022

Personal

J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1987

B.S., Cornell University, 1984