Mr. Jeffrey Bjork

Jeffrey Bjork is the global vice chair of the Restructuring and Special Situations Practice at Latham& Watkins in Los Angeles, where he represents public and private companies, creditors and investors in all aspects of restructuring. Widely recognized as a leading U.S. restructuring lawyer, he is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and was named one of the ?Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers? for 2020 by Turnarounds & Workouts. With more than 20 years in practice, Mr. Bjork represents debtors, creditors, sponsors, boards of directors and investors in all aspects of restructuring distressed companies. He regularly advises companies on successful strategies to address mass-tort and legacy liabilities, including asbestos, environmental and product-related liabilities, and he has represented clients in numerous mass-tort bankruptcies. Mr. Bjork has been named a leading restructuring lawyer by IFLR1000 for Restructuring and Insolvency, and in the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy Insolvency, TheInternational Who?s Who for Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers and The Legal 500 for Municipal Bankruptcy, among others. He is a member of the Pepperdine University Board and a frequent lecturer, speaker and writer on restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency topics. Mr. Bjork received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1995 from Pepperdine University and his J.D. with distinction fromEmory University School of Law in 1998.