Duggins, William Scott

Greg Gordon has 30 years of experience in business restructurings, distress acquisitions and dispositions, and commercial litigation. He has represented all the principal constituencies in out-of-court and in-court restructurings, including debtors, lenders, creditors' committees, investors, estate representatives, and buyers and sellers, and has substantial experience with cross-border insolvencies. Greg's restructuring, distress M&A, and litigation experience involves a wide variety of industries, including homebuilding, metals and mining, technology, energy, oil and gas, timeshare, textiles, automotive, health care, and retail.

Recent out-of-court and chapter 11 debtor matters include Blake Offshore, Doskocil, Hereford Biofuels, Kaiser Aluminum, Loewen, and Pillowtex. Recent creditor representations include the Qimonda creditors' committee and creditors in Empire Land, Kimball Hill, LandSource, Mirant, UI Holdings, and Woodside. Cross-border engagements include the representation of the Antiguan liquidators for Stanford International Bank. Acquisition and disposition representations include bidders in Crown Village Farm, Flying J, NetVersant, Noble, Polaroid, Red Shield, and Zohar Waterworks and sellers in Hereford Biofuels, Kaiser Aluminum, and Loewen. Recent litigation includes the defense of Southern in fraudulent transfer litigation in the Mirant chapter 11 case and the defense of KB Home in a multi-count adversary proceeding in the Crown Village Farm chapter 11 case.

Greg has lectured on a variety of topics, including mass tort cases, enterprise valuations, retention of professionals, 363 sales, arbitration, director and officer liability, and lender liability. He also has published articles on a multitude of topics, including claims discounting, retention of key employees, and innovative approaches to complex restructurings.