Robert D. Gordon

Robert D. Gordon is a partner in the Jenner & Block’s Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice in NewYork, where he represents and provides strategic counsel to distressed companies, independent directors, creditors’ and retirees’ committees, investors, pension systems, liquidating agents, and other parties-in-interest in complex and high-stakes workouts and restructurings, both in the public sector and in the private sector, spanning numerous industries. Currently, he is serving as counsel to the Official Commit-tee of Retirees in the restructuring proceedings for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, representing the interests of approximately 160,000 public-sector retirees, owed approximately $58 billion in connection with the funding of their accrued pensions. Before joining the firm in 2017, Mr. Gordon served as special restructuring counsel to the Detroit Retirement Systems in the City of Detroit’s landmark chapter 9 bankruptcy case. In addition to his central role in the public-sector bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the City of Detroit, Mr. Gordon has played key roles in numerous private-sector restructurings arising out of a broad range of industries, including automotive, real estate, gaming, hospitality, retail, manufacturing, aviation and telecommunications. Among his clients are distressed companies, creditors’ and retirees’ committees, pension systems, secured and unsecured creditors, distressed-asset investors, lessors, trustees and liquidating agents. His representations include fraudulent transfer actions, preference actions, and other commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation.Mr. Gordon is also currently serving as a federal court-appointed receiver in a Securities and ExchangeCommission enforcement action involving an international Ponzi scheme. He is also a member of theNational Association of Federal Equity Receivers (NAFER). Mr. Gordon has been recognized in TheBest Lawyers in America in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law every year from 2010 to the present. He is a frequent speaker on, among other topics, municipal bankruptcy, including its potential impact on retiree benefits. Mr. Gordon is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, ABI and theTurnaround Management Association, for which he is a member of the board of directors of its Michigan chapter. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, Michigan and New York, and he is admitted to the U.S.District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Second Circuits.Mr. Gordon received his B.A. in 1985 from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1989.