Jason Levin is an attorney focused on complex corporate and financial restructurings.

Jason represents a broad range of stakeholders in both in-court and out-of-court matters, including debtors, secured lenders, agent banks, creditors’ committees, and stalking horse purchasers.

Jason regularly advises boards, special committees, and independent directors on governance issues, material corporate actions, fiduciary duties, and distressed transactions. He has extensive experience counseling DIP lenders and agent banks on structuring and implementing financing arrangements, advising creditors on strategies to maximize recoveries, and guiding stalking horse purchasers through distressed asset acquisitions. He also assists post-confirmation and liquidating trustees with trust formation and administration.

Before joining Morris James, Jason was a restructuring associate in the Wilmington office of an international law firm and worked in-house at a boutique accounting firm focused on escheat and unclaimed property. He also clerked for the Honorable Kevin Gross of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and has contributed to leading bankruptcy publications, including the American Bankruptcy Law Journal and the ABI Journal. During law school, Jason served as an Associate Editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law.

Experience
  • Representing official committees of unsecured creditors and equity committees
  • Advising indenture trustees, agents, and lending groups in restructurings
  • Guiding prospective purchasers in Section 363 asset sales, including stalking horse bidders in competitive auctions
  • Counseling directors, officers, and advisors on fiduciary duties in distressed situations
  • Representing plan administrators and litigation trustees in all aspects of post-confirmation matters
  • Advising managers and members of Delaware LLCs in disputes and dissolution proceedings
  • Securing debtor access to cash collateral, DIP financing, and debt restructuring strategies
  • Assisting secured creditors in enforcing rights through foreclosure, liens, and replevin actions
  • Handling complex cross-border insolvency and asset recovery cases
  • Representing municipalities and governmental entities in restructuring efforts
Honors
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2022 - 2023

Services

Admissions

  • Delaware, 2017
  • New York, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk for The Honorable Kevin Gross, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2017
  • University of Michigan School of Social Work, M.S.W., 2013
  • Tulane University, B.A., Religious Studies, 2011

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
  • Delaware State Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association