Jon C. Vigano
Partner
Jon C. Vigano represents and counsels Chapter 11 debtors, secured lenders, trustees, financial institutions, trade creditors, lessors, and landlords in virtually all aspects of bankruptcy law and insolvency contexts.
Recently, Mr. Vigano represented a Chapter 11 debtor in the reorganization of its business and successfully negotiated and implemented a plan of reorganization resulting in a 100% payment to the debtor's unsecured creditors. Through this engagement, he worked with the debtor's officers to restructure the company, negotiate new labor terms with the debtor's union and resolve outstanding claims against the debtor's foreign parent without additional debtor-in-possession financing.
Mr. Vigano also has significant experience defending and resolving reclamation, preference, fraudulent conveyance, and unauthorized transfer of funds claims. More particularly, he has prosecuted and defended hundreds of preference and fraudulent conveyance cases throughout the country. His experience also involves resolving bankruptcy and/or insolvency within securities, labor and employment, environmental, tax and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) contexts. Mr. Vigano has developed significant experience in counseling officers and directors of corporations regarding their duties and obligations while in the "zone of insolvency."
In addition to his bankruptcy experience, Mr. Vigano is a seasoned transactional attorney and served as Senior Corporate Counsel for a publicly-traded corporation. Because of his blended bankruptcy and transactional experience, he is strongly qualified to assist and counsel clients in a number of contexts, including asset transactions within a bankruptcy setting.
Experience
Mr. Vigano's bankruptcy experience includes involvement in a number of the nation's largest and most complex bankruptcy cases, including:
- In re: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
- In re: Kmart Corp.
- In re: UAL Corp.
- In re: Conseco Corp.
- In re: Delphi Corp.
- In re: Dana Corp.
Publications
Mr. Vigano is a contributing editor of the third edition of
Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, published by Thomson/West.
"Strategies and Tactics for Creditors' Committees," Chapter 15, Bankruptcy Litigation 2d (Co-Author), Thomson/West (2007)
Speeches and Presentations
"How Bankruptcy Attorneys and Turnaround Consultants Can Work Together to Achieve Positive Results," (Panelist) Young Lawyers Section Bankruptcy Committee and Turnaround Management Association, Chicago, Ill. (June 4, 2008)
Pro Bono Activities
Mr. Vigano provided pro bono representation of a debtor in the challenge of a university's failure to discharge tuition-related expenses and fees.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Schiff Hardin, Mr. Vigano served as Senior Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary for ABC-NACO Inc., where he:
- Provided legal counsel to the corporation's operating divisions, including the preparation of 1933 and 1934 Act filings
- Assumed responsibility for Section 16 regulation
- Negotiated documents relating to mergers, stock and asset acquisition and disposition, joint ventures, and management services arrangements
Awards and Honors
Illinois Rising Star — Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights, Illinois Super Lawyers
Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
(J.D.,
1998)
Loyola Marymount University
(B.A., European Studies,
1994)
Alpha Sigma Nu
Professional Memberships
American Bankruptcy Institute
Chicago Bar Association
Turnaround Management Association
Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice
Contributing Editor
