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Douglas S Mintz
Partner Corporate & Finance
New York
Washington, D.C.
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
As co-chair of the Firm’s Financial Restructuring practice and a leader of its Special Situations team, Douglas Mintz advises secured creditors, including private capital providers and financial institutions, on financial restructurings and special situations, including complex liability management transactions. He focuses on representing creditors across a range of stressed and distressed scenarios with a focus on secured creditors of all flavors, ad hoc committees and other stakeholders. Doug has also frequently represented borrowers and equity sponsors in workouts.
He has extensive experience across sectors with a focus on energy, commodities, digital finance, public finance and infrastructure and technology.
Drawing on 25 years of experience in restructuring, Doug brings a commercial and strategic approach to navigating distressed situations and executing creditor-led solutions.
Doug is also active in community and philanthropic initiatives. Most notably, he co-founded the Morris and Annette Mintz Scholarship with his family. The Scholarship supports first‑generation student leaders at the University of Maryland. Doug has also has served on the Board of the University of Maryland Alumni Association and is currently serving on the Board of the University of Maryland Hillel.
Recognition
- Chambers USA – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2012-present)
- Lawdragon – Leading Restructuring Lawyers (2022, 2024-2026)
- The Best Lawyers in America – Banking and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2026)
Publications
- “S.D. Texas Bankruptcy Court Finds LME Transactions Violated Credit Agreement, but Limits Recovery to Potential Claim in Robertshaw Litigation,” Journal of Bankruptcy Law, October 2024
- “Supreme Court Rules on Purdue Pharma Chapter 11 Plan: No Authorization for Release of Nonconsensual Claims Against Third Parties,” Journal of Bankruptcy Law, September 2024
- “‘Good Faith’ Bankruptcy Filings Get Fresh Look Ahead of J&J Move,” Bloomberg Law, September 2024 (quoted)
- “TMT liability management exercises scare creditors with dastardly terms,” Debtwire, June 2024 (quoted)
- “Bitcoin Spike Burns FTX Creditors,” The Deal, September 19, 2024 (quoted) “The Rise of Special Situations,” Turnarounds & Workouts, December 2023
- “The Rise of Special Situations,” Turnarounds & Workouts, December 2023
- “WeWork files for bankruptcy, capping a stunning downfall,” MarketWatch, Nov. 6, 2023 (quoted)
- “Bankruptcy Claims Sellers Should Consider All Risk Elements,” Bloomberg Law, Aug. 11, 2023
- “Serta Simmons Ch. 11 Expands Split On Credit Agreements,” Law360, Aug. 9, 2023
- “Mid-Year 2023 Update,” Turnarounds & Workouts, August 2023 (quoted)
- “Bankruptcy is easier than ever, and on the rise,” Alternatives Watch, July 3, 2023 (quoted)
- “3M Unit Bankruptcy Toss Is Second Blow to Mass Tort Defense Play", Bloomberg Law, June 13, 2023 (quoted)
- “Bankruptcy judge tosses Chapter 11 case by 3M’s Aearo Technologies,” Axios, June 13, 2023 (quoted)
- “Bankrupt Tuesday Morning Gets OK for $32M Sale to Hilco,” Law360, April 27, 2023 (quoted)
- “Corporate Bankruptcies Jumped in Q1,” Axios, April 7, 2023 (quoted)
- “Bankruptcy Courts Lose Ground Amid Texas Electricity Rate Ruling,” Bloomberg Law, Jan. 12, 2023 (quoted)
- “Recent Challenges to Uptiering Transactions,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, December 2022
- “Third-Party Releases Under Continued Fire in E.D. Va. Decision,” Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable, Aug. 2, 2022
- “J&J Talc Lawsuits Transferred to New Jersey– A Look into the Texas Two-Step Maneuver,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, April/May 2022
- “Fifth Circuit Resolves ‘Clash’ Between FERC and Bankruptcy Courts,” The Bankruptcy Strategist, April 2022
- “Third-Party Releases Under Continued Fire in Ascena Retail Group Ruling,” The Banking Law Journal, May 2022
- “Using 3rd-Party Releases in Chapter 11 After Court Pushback,” Law 360, February 2022
- “Third-Party Releases Under Continued Fire in Ascena Retail Group Ruling,” Law360, February 2022
- “Validity of Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases Called into Question in Purdue Bankruptcy - But for How Long?” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, April/May 2022
Speaking Engagements
- “Unique Issues in Private Credit Restructuring,” Reorg Webinar, October 2024
- “Whatever Happened to Bankruptcy?” Wharton Restructuring and Distressed Investing Conference 2023, February 2023
- “The Broad Spectrum of Distressed Investing,” 18th Annual Wharton Restructuring and Distressed Investing Conference, February 2022
Representative experience
Advising 92% of the senior lenders in liability management negotiations with a technology company.
Advising agent to DIP and exit lenders in the Spirit Airlines bankruptcy.
Advising as borrower's counsel to a biofuel plant in Oregon.
Advising as co-counsel to equity holders of PGandE.
Advising as counsel to holders of subrogation claims against California utilities.
Advising as counsel to the borrower in the restructuring of the Pocahontas Parkway toll road.
Advising as counsel to the developer of one of the largest stablecoins in structuring bankruptcy-remote strategy.
Advising as counsel to the DRA parties in Puerto Rico's Title III and related cases (advising and litigating with respect to more than $20 billion in claims against multiple Puerto Rico entities).
Advising as debtors' counsel in the restructuring of Mirant and LyondellBasell.
Advising as lenders' and agent's counsel in the restructuring and bankruptcy of Indiana Toll Road.
Advising as lenders' counsel in the bankruptcy of Eagle Bulk Shipping.
Advising bidders for the DIP loan and bondholders in the restructuring and Chapter 9 bankruptcy of Detroit.
Advising bondholders in the Chapter 9 bankruptcy of Jefferson County, Alabama.
Advising bondholders in the restructuring of Puerto Rico, including as co-counsel to the COFINA Senior Bondholders' Coalition.
Advising FTX Preferred Equity Holders in negotiation of a successful settlement.
Advising majority senior lenders in the Lifescan bankruptcy.
Advising Ocean Rig, an offshore drilling company, in the restructuring through Cayman schemes and Chapter 15, of approximately $4 billion in secured and unsecured debt.
Advising Renco Group in the appeal of fraudulent transfer litigation in the Magnesium Corp. bankruptcy.
Advising Trimark senior lenders.
Representing distressed privately-owned infrastructure project in loan workout.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- B.A., University of Maryland, magna cum laude
Bar admissions and qualifications
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York