Mr. John R. Ashmead

John R. Ashmead is a partner in Seward & Kissel LLP's Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group and Business Transactions (M&A/Private Equity) Group in New York, where he specializes in workouts, chapter 11 cases (and foreign insolvency proceedings), bankruptcy/distressed acquisi- tions, bankruptcy-related litigation, structured finance transactions and private-equity investments, including acquisitions, mergers and divestitures. He represents lenders, other creditors, borrowers/ issuers, equityholders, acquirers, hedge funds, and members of and formal and informal stakehold- er committees. Over the last several years, Mr. Ashmead has been involved in numerous distressed shipping matters, advising company-side lenders, investors and creditors. Previously, he was a law clerk to Hon. Cornelius Blackshear of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York from 1990-92. Mr. Ashmead is a Fellow of the American College of lnvestment Counsel and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in bankruptcy by New York Super Lawyers from 2010- 14 and as a "Rising Star" by Institutional Investor in 2008. He received his B.S. in 1987 from St. John's University and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1990.