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Jenner & Block’s New York Office Earns Top Honors in Chambers USA 2026 for Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Litigation, Media & Entertainment, and Intellectual Property

Lawdragon has recognized eight Jenner & Block partners on their 2026 list of the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. The list includes advisors who meet the needs and expectations of their clients across the full spectrum of financial complexity, from intricate restructurings and special situation transactions to fraud recovery and mass tort defense.

In the 2025 edition of Chambers USA, Jenner & Block’s New York office is recognized for excellence across four ranked practice areas and multiple highly ranked lawyers.

July 2023 - Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law

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Compilation of Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law

January 2023 - Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law

October 2022 - Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law

In early October 2022, the Puerto Rico government made the first installment, in the amount of $1.4 billion, to the Pension Reserve Trust newly established pursuant to Puerto Rico’s Court-approved Plan of Adjustment. This marks an important milestone in the creation of a secure system for the full payment of approximately $55 billion in accrued public pension benefits in Puerto Rico. In its negotiations with the Puerto Rico Oversight Board regarding accrued pension benefits, the Official Retir

Chambers and Partners published the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizing 59 Jenner & Block lawyers in 39 categories.

Jenner & Block Partner Rich Levin will join an interactive, game-show inspired program that examines the US Supreme Court’s approach to bankruptcy law during Chief Justice Roberts’ 16 terms as chief. Three participants will answer questions related to the Court’s makeup, trends, and some of the key bankruptcy decisions since October 2005. After each question, Mr. Levin will explain the correct answer and any implications. Mr. Levin is a member of Jenner & Block’s Restructuring and Bankruptcy Pra

The 2022 Chambers Global guide ranked Jenner & Block in five practice areas: International Arbitration; Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Derivatives; Corporate Crime & Investigations; and Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation).

On January 18, 2022, US District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain confirmed the Plan of Adjustment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the Commonwealth’s restructuring case under Title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), ending the largest public-sector restructuring case in US history, and one of the most complex restructuring cases of any kind. The Title III cases of the Commonwealth and affiliated debtors address approximately $80 billion of pu

In this article , Jenner & Block Partner Richard Levin and Brooklyn Law School student Derek Knight explore the US Supreme Court’s limitation of the use of nunc pro tunc orders in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Acevedo Feliciano. The article explains the importance of the semantic differences among nunc pro tunc orders, annulment, and retroactive relief. “Failure to delineate the terms carefully threatens the essential equitable powers of the bankruptcy court, such as t

The 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States recognizes Jenner & Block in 24 national practice categories. Of those, the firm received a Tier-1 ranking in the Copyright, Native American Law, and Telecoms and Broadcast (Regulatory) categories.

Jenner & Block and its lawyers are ranked by Chambers and Partners as among the most outstanding law firms and lawyers in jurisdictions throughout the world. The 56 firm lawyers named across 34 categories are recognized in Chambers USA.

On Tuesday, March 9, Jenner & Block Partner Richard Levin will present a CLE webinar on “Bankruptcy Jurisprudence at the Supreme Court.” Hosted by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, the program will examine the Supreme Court’s approach to bankruptcy law during Chief Justice Roberts’ 16 terms as chief. Topics to be discussed include the cases the Court takes, principles used, how the Court splits, the Court’s leading bankruptcy jurist, and who wins and loses. Mr. Levin is co-chair of

The 2021 Chambers Global guide ranks the following practices: Corporate Crimes and Investigation; Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets; and International Arbitration.

On February 9, Jenner & Block Partner Richard Levin co-presented a CLE webinar on recent decisions of interest to the lending community, including decisions on the automatic stay and turnover duty, safe harbor transactions, prejudgment interest on fraudulent transfer recovery, and other pertinent developments. Mr. Levin is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department. An author of the 1978 US Bankruptcy Code, he is recognized internationally as one of the foremost restruc