Mr. Jeff J. Marwil

Jeff J. Marwil is a partner with Proskauer in Chicago and has held lead roles in some of the highest-profile chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in America. He is the U.S. co-head of the firm?s Business Solutions,Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group, and head of the Chicago office. During his nearly 35years of experience in bankruptcies, workouts and corporate restructurings, he has provided strategic advice to companies in distress and solved challenging legal and business issues. Mr. Marwil represents publicly traded and privately held companies in and out of court in the restructuring of complex capital structures and reorganizing their financial affairs and business operations. He regularly provides advice on issues of corporate governance and fiduciary duty related to companies in distress, their officers and directors, creditors and their shareholders. Mr. Marwil has served as lead counsel for debtors, official committees and trustees in some of the largest cases in America, including Energy Future HoldingsCorp., the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc. andITT Educational Services Inc. He also regularly provides strategic business solutions and restructuring advice to lenders, distressed investors and borrowers in distressed or nonperforming real estate loan situations. Mr. Marwil is a former ABI Board member and a member of the Turnaround ManagementAssociation. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1983 and his J.D. from DePaulUniversity College of Law in 1986, where he was a member of its Law Review.