Justin Imperato practices in all areas of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency-related matters and currently focuses on the representation of secured and unsecured creditors in out of court loan workouts, restructurings, liquidations, and litigations.
Experience
- Landlords in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Loan Core Capital, as secured lender in connection with various real-estate Chapter 11 cases, including the Chapter 11 cases of In re 203 W. 107 Street LLC in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Walton Improvement Group LLC, as secured lender in connection with the real estate Chapter 11 case of In re 975 Walton Bronx LLC in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.
- Landlords in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Codiak Biosciences Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders under a senior secured term and revolving credit facility with more than $1 billion in outstanding debt in the Chapter 11 cases of The Hertz Corporation and 29 of its subsidiaries and affiliates.
- Alter Domus (U.S.) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in the Chapter 11 cases of Seadrill Partners LLC in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas for the debtors' restructuring of a multibillion dollar pre-petition credit facility.
- Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, as Trustee and Collateral Trustee in the Chapter 11 cases of SAExploration Holdings Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas for the debtors' restructuring of $60 million in notes issued pre-petition pursuant to a senior secured convertible notes indenture.
- GLAS USA LLC and GLAS AMERICAS LLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in the Chapter 11 cases of JC Penney Company Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas for a $900 million senior secured debtor-in-possession term loan facility and as Administrative Agent for a $1.5 billion prepetition first lien term loan facility.
- Las Vegas Raiders in the Chapter 7 cases of Double Jump Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada.
- Delta Financial Corporation and three of its affiliates, mortgage industry debtors and debtors-in-possession, in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- Tricom, S.A. and two of its affiliates, communications services providers in the Dominican Republic, as debtors and debtors-in-possession in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Joint Provisional Liquidators of Sphinx Ltd. in the Chapter 11 cases of Refco Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and in Sphinx’s related Chapter 15 proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- City of Martinsville, Virginia in the Chapter 11 cases of Adelphia Communications Corporation in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. and its affiliated debtors and debtors-in-possession in the Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
- Keith L. Phillips as the Chapter 11 trustee for Fas Mart Convenience Stores Inc. and its affiliated debtors in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Perspectives
April 3, 2024
A Real Estate Workout That Didn’t Work Out: A Cautionary Tale on the Effectiveness of Escrowed Rights
Advisory
February 26, 2024
The Delaware Bankruptcy Court Divided: Whether Creditors’ Committees of Bankrupt Delaware Limited Liability Companies May Bring Derivative Claims
Advisory
September 29, 2023
Delaware District Court Holds That Certain Federal Labor Law Successor Obligations Were Not Extinguished By A “Free and Clear” Section 363(f) Bankruptcy Sale
Advisory
Summer 2023
Landlords Beware: Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of New York Reverses Course on Calculation of Lease Rejection Damages in Bankruptcy (pdf)
The Real Estate Finance Journal
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Credentials
Education
- LL.M., New York University School of Law
- J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, cum laude, The Order of Barristers; editor, University of Richmond Law Review
- B.A., University of Richmond
Admissions
- New York
- Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
- Supreme Court of Virginia
Clerkships
- United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York, The Honorable Robert D. Drain
- United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York, The Honorable Robert E. Grossman
- United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York, The Honorable Mary Kay Vyskocil
Activities
- Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Federal Bar Council