John D. Fredericks, Partner

John Fredericks is a corporate partner in Winston & Strawn’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s restructuring and insolvency group. He concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, distressed M&A, commercial lending, and finance. He has a diverse practice that includes company-side representations in out-of-court workouts, asset sales, bankruptcies, state law wind-downs, and assignments for benefit of creditors. He also represents investors, secured lenders, equipment and vendor financiers, and unsecured creditors both in front-end financing transactions and in out-of-court workouts, restructurings, and bankruptcies.

Some of Mr. Fredericks recent engagements during the preceding 12 months include: Acting as lead counsel in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and ensuing 363 sale for SK Foods and RHM Industrial/Specialty Foods, one of the largest tomato processors in the United States;  Serving as lead counsel to behavioral advertising company, NebuAd, in an FTC investigation, settlement negotiations and a mediation concerning a class action lawsuit alleging consumer privacy violations and ultimately a sale of the company’s assets through an assignment for the benefit of creditors; Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Redenvelope Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding; Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the cross-border insolvency proceedings of CFM U.S. Corporation; and representing several secured lender clients in going concern foreclosure sales, out-of-court workouts, and Chapter 11 insolvency proceedings.

Some of Mr. Fredericks’ recent representative clients include Agilent Technologies, GE Capital, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, NebuAd, Inc., Medley Capital, MusicIP, Inc., Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of RedEnvelope, Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of CFM U.S. Corporation, SK Foods and RHM Industrial/Specialty Foods, and TriplePoint.

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